Triple
T8084422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Notebook |
E188694
|
entity |
| Predicate | castMember |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Thornton |
E516621
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Thornton | Statement: [The Notebook, castMember, David Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thornton Context triple: [The Notebook, castMember, David Thornton]
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A.
David Thornton
chosen
David Thornton is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, and for being married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
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B.
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
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C.
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.
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D.
Adam Thomson
Adam Thomson was a British airline executive best known as the founder and driving force behind the independent carrier British Caledonian.
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E.
Tony Thorpe
Tony Thorpe is an English musician best known as a founding member of the experimental electronic group The KLF and for his work in the UK electronic and dance music scene.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82b662e88190b9323daab8c28a21 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb415e61ac81909e924aea69a7ff77 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:37 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc63ff37a88190a980e023a9b7c30c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:29 p.m.