Triple

T5417473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carry On Cleo E121166 entity
Predicate director P255 FINISHED
Object Gerald Thomas
Gerald Thomas was a British film director best known for helming the long-running and hugely popular "Carry On" comedy film series.
E518309 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Gerald Thomas | Statement: [Carry On Cleo, director, Gerald Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Thomas
Context triple: [Carry On Cleo, director, Gerald Thomas]
  • A. Gerald Austin
    Gerald Austin is a former National Football League official best known for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XXXV.
  • B. Gerry Fisher
    Gerry Fisher was a British cinematographer known for his atmospheric visual style on numerous films from the 1960s through the 1990s.
  • C. Gordon Oliver
    Gordon Oliver was an American film actor and producer active in the mid-20th century, known for supporting roles in Hollywood features and later work behind the camera in television.
  • D. Gerard Alexander
    Gerard Alexander is an American political scientist known for his work on democratic institutions, conservative politics, and the dynamics of political polarization.
  • E. Tony Gibbs
    Tony Gibbs is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Gibbs.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Gerald Thomas
Triple: [Carry On Cleo, director, Gerald Thomas]
Generated description
Gerald Thomas was a British film director best known for helming the long-running and hugely popular "Carry On" comedy film series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerald Thomas
Target entity description: Gerald Thomas was a British film director best known for helming the long-running and hugely popular "Carry On" comedy film series.
  • A. Gerald Austin
    Gerald Austin is a former National Football League official best known for serving as the referee in multiple Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XXXV.
  • B. Gerry Fisher
    Gerry Fisher was a British cinematographer known for his atmospheric visual style on numerous films from the 1960s through the 1990s.
  • C. Gordon Oliver
    Gordon Oliver was an American film actor and producer active in the mid-20th century, known for supporting roles in Hollywood features and later work behind the camera in television.
  • D. Gerard Alexander
    Gerard Alexander is an American political scientist known for his work on democratic institutions, conservative politics, and the dynamics of political polarization.
  • E. Tony Gibbs
    Tony Gibbs is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Gibbs.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69bd463a41cc8190b32ff5af2b96ca93 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd87e620f081909eb9a5e1f284e5a2 completed March 20, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf3aadfa4c81908b57af80f534b121 completed March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf3b7f947c8190bc15d839488f393b completed March 22, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf3bfde6148190a2e7aa76bd5dce37 completed March 22, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:05 p.m.