Triple

T5621939
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whittaker E147626 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object David Whittaker
David Whittaker is a British video game composer and programmer known for his prolific work on 8-bit and 16-bit home computer game soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s.
E539611 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: David Whittaker | Statement: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, David Whittaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Whittaker
Context triple: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, David Whittaker]
  • A. David Whitaker
    David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • B. Andrew Whitham
    Andrew Whitham is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by his receipt of the William Smith Medal.
  • C. Roger Whittaker
    Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."
  • D. Alan Wheatley
    Alan Wheatley was a British actor best known for his stage and screen work, including his portrayal of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s television series "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
  • E. Steven Waddington
    Steven Waddington is a British actor known for his roles in historical and adventure films and television dramas.
  • 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: David Whittaker
Triple: [Whittaker, hasNotableBearer, David Whittaker]
Generated description
David Whittaker is a British video game composer and programmer known for his prolific work on 8-bit and 16-bit home computer game soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Whittaker
Target entity description: David Whittaker is a British video game composer and programmer known for his prolific work on 8-bit and 16-bit home computer game soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s.
  • A. David Whitaker
    David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • B. Andrew Whitham
    Andrew Whitham is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by his receipt of the William Smith Medal.
  • C. Roger Whittaker
    Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and whistler known for his smooth baritone voice and easy-listening folk and pop songs such as "Durham Town" and "The Last Farewell."
  • D. Alan Wheatley
    Alan Wheatley was a British actor best known for his stage and screen work, including his portrayal of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s television series "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
  • E. Steven Waddington
    Steven Waddington is a British actor known for his roles in historical and adventure films and television dramas.
  • 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_69c00906f2a88190a992c66b13d606d4 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c022133eec819086acb04864dde5ee completed March 22, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a0ed3748190875aacdf5e9ee211 completed March 22, 2026, 9:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05cabceac819095c4a114220efb1a completed March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05d2b67888190bc89e4cbd384c15f completed March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:40 p.m.