Triple
T7659514
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steptoe and Son |
E173467
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harold Steptoe
Harold Steptoe is the ambitious yet perpetually frustrated son in the British sitcom "Steptoe and Son," known for his constant clashes with his stubborn, manipulative father.
|
E679406
|
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: Harold Steptoe | Statement: [Steptoe and Son, mainCharacter, Harold Steptoe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Steptoe Context triple: [Steptoe and Son, mainCharacter, Harold Steptoe]
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A.
Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Steptoe was a British obstetrician and gynecologist who pioneered in vitro fertilization techniques, leading to the birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby.”
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B.
Theodore Naidish
Theodore Naidish was the first husband of Broadway star Carol Channing, to whom she was married early in her career.
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C.
Robert Edwards
Robert Edwards is a British physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate best known for pioneering in vitro fertilization (IVF), which led to the birth of the first “test-tube baby.”
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D.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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E.
Dr. Walter Curnow
Dr. Walter Curnow is a fictional engineer and spacecraft designer who plays a central role in the science fiction film "2010: The Year We Make Contact," the sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey."
- 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: Harold Steptoe Triple: [Steptoe and Son, mainCharacter, Harold Steptoe]
Generated description
Harold Steptoe is the ambitious yet perpetually frustrated son in the British sitcom "Steptoe and Son," known for his constant clashes with his stubborn, manipulative father.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold Steptoe Target entity description: Harold Steptoe is the ambitious yet perpetually frustrated son in the British sitcom "Steptoe and Son," known for his constant clashes with his stubborn, manipulative father.
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A.
Patrick Steptoe
Patrick Steptoe was a British obstetrician and gynecologist who pioneered in vitro fertilization techniques, leading to the birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby.”
-
B.
Theodore Naidish
Theodore Naidish was the first husband of Broadway star Carol Channing, to whom she was married early in her career.
-
C.
Robert Edwards
Robert Edwards is a British physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate best known for pioneering in vitro fertilization (IVF), which led to the birth of the first “test-tube baby.”
-
D.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
-
E.
Dr. Walter Curnow
Dr. Walter Curnow is a fictional engineer and spacecraft designer who plays a central role in the science fiction film "2010: The Year We Make Contact," the sequel to "2001: A Space Odyssey."
- 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_69c69955517c819085bc715b96d304d2 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c701a32f588190a7a923e8ce43f727 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c89b14b6848190892a262903d78b79 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c89becbf148190b1f065f4016a6d03 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c89cc3a3788190bd91aa0995b96c26 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 3:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:59 p.m.