Triple
T5605972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scottish literature |
E147232
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAuthor |
P4290
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Iain Banks |
E378569
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Iain Banks | Statement: [Scottish literature, notableAuthor, Iain Banks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iain Banks Context triple: [Scottish literature, notableAuthor, Iain Banks]
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A.
Iain M. Banks
chosen
Iain M. Banks was a Scottish author best known for his acclaimed science fiction Culture series and his dark, genre-blurring mainstream novels.
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B.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist best known for his experimental novel "Lanark" and his distinctive, politically charged visual art.
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C.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his genre-blending, intricately structured works such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks."
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D.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell was an American scenic designer renowned for his work on numerous Broadway productions, television shows, and films.
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E.
Ian Byatt
Ian Byatt is a British economist and former water industry regulator, best known for serving as the first Director General of Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water industry in England and Wales.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c0090500f881908374285baf0ac46f |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020fa4b0881909fdbb8ea38eeb5e3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c02878aad8819082d2c8f038b79bc7 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:39 p.m.