Triple

T677109
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christ's College, Cambridge E13101 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object David Starkey
David Starkey is a British historian and television presenter best known for his work on Tudor history and constitutional affairs.
E83390 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 Starkey | Statement: [Christ's College, Cambridge, notableAlumnus, David Starkey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Starkey
Context triple: [Christ's College, Cambridge, notableAlumnus, David Starkey]
  • A. Jonathan Cavendish
    Jonathan Cavendish is a British film producer best known for co-founding The Imaginarium Studios and producing acclaimed films such as "Bridget Jones’s Diary" and "Breathe."
  • B. Jonathan King
    Jonathan King is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, and former music industry figure known for his 1960s pop hits and later controversial legal troubles.
  • C. Will Oldham
    Will Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor best known for his influential, lo-fi indie folk music released under the moniker Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
  • D. Matt Whiteley
    Matt Whiteley is a screenwriter best known for writing the biographical drama film "Jobs" about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
  • E. Clive Francis
    Clive Francis is a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "A Clockwork Orange" and numerous period 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 Starkey
Triple: [Christ's College, Cambridge, notableAlumnus, David Starkey]
Generated description
David Starkey is a British historian and television presenter best known for his work on Tudor history and constitutional affairs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Starkey
Target entity description: David Starkey is a British historian and television presenter best known for his work on Tudor history and constitutional affairs.
  • A. Jonathan Cavendish
    Jonathan Cavendish is a British film producer best known for co-founding The Imaginarium Studios and producing acclaimed films such as "Bridget Jones’s Diary" and "Breathe."
  • B. Jonathan King
    Jonathan King is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, and former music industry figure known for his 1960s pop hits and later controversial legal troubles.
  • C. Will Oldham
    Will Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor best known for his influential, lo-fi indie folk music released under the moniker Bonnie "Prince" Billy.
  • D. Matt Whiteley
    Matt Whiteley is a screenwriter best known for writing the biographical drama film "Jobs" about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
  • E. Clive Francis
    Clive Francis is a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "A Clockwork Orange" and numerous period 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_69a4933d3bf88190972041cd8cf143b9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a04c89148190b6330e86697bb37b completed March 1, 2026, 8:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5c3a1b6588190b0c9215afb3a9200 completed March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5c7ff50088190827743f3f42622ce completed March 2, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5cd1dd7848190a987276500040a4f completed March 2, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.