Triple

T739447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Darwin (civil servant) E15209 entity
Predicate usedAlias P3799 FINISHED
Object John Jones
John Jones is an alias used by British civil servant and notorious insurance fraudster John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident.
E112675 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Jones | Statement: [John Darwin (civil servant), usedAlias, John Jones]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Jones
Context triple: [John Darwin (civil servant), usedAlias, John Jones]
  • A. Keith Jones
    Keith Jones is a former NHL forward turned broadcaster and executive who now serves as president of the Philadelphia Flyers.
  • B. K.C. Jones
    K.C. Jones was a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach renowned for his defensive prowess and key role in the Boston Celtics’ championship dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Samuel Jones
    Samuel Jones is an individual whose full given name is Samuel but is commonly referred to as Sam Jones.
  • D. John Charles Smith
    John Charles Smith was the father of legendary silent film actress and producer Mary Pickford.
  • E. John Hudson
    John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
  • 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 Jones
Triple: [John Darwin (civil servant), usedAlias, John Jones]
Generated description
John Jones is an alias used by British civil servant and notorious insurance fraudster John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Jones
Target entity description: John Jones is an alias used by British civil servant and notorious insurance fraudster John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident.
  • A. Keith Jones
    Keith Jones is a former NHL forward turned broadcaster and executive who now serves as president of the Philadelphia Flyers.
  • B. K.C. Jones
    K.C. Jones was a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach renowned for his defensive prowess and key role in the Boston Celtics’ championship dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • C. Samuel Jones
    Samuel Jones is an individual whose full given name is Samuel but is commonly referred to as Sam Jones.
  • D. John Charles Smith
    John Charles Smith was the father of legendary silent film actress and producer Mary Pickford.
  • E. John Hudson
    John Hudson was one of the sons of the English explorer Henry Hudson, who is believed to have accompanied his father on his final, ill-fated voyage in search of a Northwest Passage.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: usedAlias
Context triple: [John Darwin (civil servant), usedAlias, John Jones]
  • A. usedInsteadOf
    Indicates that one entity is employed or chosen as a substitute or replacement for another entity.
  • B. usedPseudonym chosen
    Indicates that an entity performed an action or participated in a context under a name that was not their real or primary identity.
  • C. nameUsedToAvoid
    Indicates that one entity uses a particular name or designation in order to avoid another entity or an unwanted situation involving that entity.
  • D. usedTerm
    Indicates that one entity employed, referenced, or applied a particular term in some context.
  • E. nameUsedBy
    Indicates that a particular name is employed or referenced by a specific entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49358aa308190adbc9b5a0a2adcf9 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a64adf2c81908e48090be35dd9d9 completed March 1, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a9338feedc8190bc5f489428babd82 completed March 5, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a94f32b2648190992e3265a7feaf93 completed March 5, 2026, 9:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aabb6704048190886eea7d07b6100d completed March 6, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4a4fc734c81908fbd36386d5746d6 completed March 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.