Triple

T8215535
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Sayers E191921 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Sayers
Sayers is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, literature, and entertainment.
 E350891 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: Sayers | Statement: [Tom Sayers, familyName, Sayers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sayers
Context triple: [Tom Sayers, familyName, Sayers]
  • A. Dorothy L. Sayers
    Dorothy L. Sayers was a renowned British crime writer, best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels and her contributions to Christian apologetics and literary criticism.
  • B. Margery Hoffman Smith
    Margery Hoffman Smith was an American interior designer and arts advocate known for her influential work in Pacific Northwest modernism and her leadership in regional arts organizations.
  • C. Ellis Peters
    Ellis Peters was the pen name of English writer Edith Pargeter, best known for her historical mystery novels featuring Brother Cadfael.
  • D. Dilly Knox
    Dilly Knox was a British classics scholar and cryptanalyst renowned for his codebreaking work in both World Wars, particularly at Bletchley Park against German ciphers.
  • E. Margery Allingham
    Margery Allingham was a British crime novelist best known for her Albert Campion detective series, a cornerstone of the Golden Age of detective fiction.
  • 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: Sayers
Triple: [Tom Sayers, familyName, Sayers]
Generated description
Sayers is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, literature, and entertainment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sayers
Target entity description: Sayers is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, literature, and entertainment.
  • A. Dorothy L. Sayers chosen
    Dorothy L. Sayers was a renowned British crime writer, best known for her Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels and her contributions to Christian apologetics and literary criticism.
  • B. Margery Hoffman Smith
    Margery Hoffman Smith was an American interior designer and arts advocate known for her influential work in Pacific Northwest modernism and her leadership in regional arts organizations.
  • C. Ellis Peters
    Ellis Peters was the pen name of English writer Edith Pargeter, best known for her historical mystery novels featuring Brother Cadfael.
  • D. Dilly Knox
    Dilly Knox was a British classics scholar and cryptanalyst renowned for his codebreaking work in both World Wars, particularly at Bletchley Park against German ciphers.
  • E. Margery Allingham
    Margery Allingham was a British crime novelist best known for her Albert Campion detective series, a cornerstone of the Golden Age of detective fiction.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82c8c054819087fedd9a5436b8a3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb776dcfa08190969863b886336c91 completed March 31, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccedf320c08190ada5ae5c47d059eb completed April 1, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf1bbbd2481908400436e05911326 completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd05d668ac819098195ba5ec26ec76 completed April 1, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:44 p.m.