Triple
T671623
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Torchwood |
E12982
|
entity |
| Predicate | stars |
P1956
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Barrowman
John Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, singer, and television personality best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in the Doctor Who universe and its spin-off series.
|
E88095
|
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: John Barrowman | Statement: [Torchwood, stars, John Barrowman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Barrowman Context triple: [Torchwood, stars, John Barrowman]
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A.
Dean-Charles Chapman
Dean-Charles Chapman is an English actor best known for his roles in the war film "1917" and the television series "Game of Thrones."
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B.
Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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C.
Alan Aldridge
Alan Aldridge was a British illustrator and graphic designer famed for his vibrant, surreal artwork for 1960s and 1970s music and pop culture icons, including The Beatles and Elton John.
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D.
Michael Gough
Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
-
E.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
- 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: John Barrowman Triple: [Torchwood, stars, John Barrowman]
Generated description
John Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, singer, and television personality best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in the Doctor Who universe and its spin-off series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Barrowman Target entity description: John Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, singer, and television personality best known for playing Captain Jack Harkness in the Doctor Who universe and its spin-off series.
-
A.
Dean-Charles Chapman
Dean-Charles Chapman is an English actor best known for his roles in the war film "1917" and the television series "Game of Thrones."
-
B.
Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
-
C.
Alan Aldridge
Alan Aldridge was a British illustrator and graphic designer famed for his vibrant, surreal artwork for 1960s and 1970s music and pop culture icons, including The Beatles and Elton John.
-
D.
Michael Gough
Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
-
E.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
- 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_69a493355dec819098d4244b2fa34885 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a021b908819086f7cfe65def4728 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a64a4f8f0081909686a76b4fddda60 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a64e1541908190b9553506ef5cfdd7 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a64e91b28481909d292ce5204a461a |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.