Triple

T838588
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Gough E18125 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Francis Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.
E221749 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: Francis Michael Gough | Statement: [Michael Gough, birthName, Francis Michael Gough]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Michael Gough
Context triple: [Michael Gough, birthName, Francis Michael Gough]
  • A. Charles Spencer Crowe
    Charles Spencer Crowe is one of the sons of New Zealand-born actor and filmmaker Russell Crowe.
  • B. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • C. Reginald Warneford
    Reginald Warneford was a British World War I aviator and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for being the first pilot to destroy a German Zeppelin in mid-air.
  • D. John Clive
    John Clive was a British actor and author known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in "The Italian Job" and voice work in "Yellow Submarine."
  • E. Warwick Goble
    Warwick Goble was a British illustrator best known for his early 20th-century book and magazine illustrations, particularly for fantasy, fairy tales, and science fiction works.
  • 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: Francis Michael Gough
Triple: [Michael Gough, birthName, Francis Michael Gough]
Generated description
Francis Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Michael Gough
Target entity description: Francis Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for playing Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films directed by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher.
  • A. Charles Spencer Crowe
    Charles Spencer Crowe is one of the sons of New Zealand-born actor and filmmaker Russell Crowe.
  • B. Geoffrey Beevers
    Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
  • C. Reginald Warneford
    Reginald Warneford was a British World War I aviator and Victoria Cross recipient renowned for being the first pilot to destroy a German Zeppelin in mid-air.
  • D. John Clive
    John Clive was a British actor and author known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in "The Italian Job" and voice work in "Yellow Submarine."
  • E. Warwick Goble
    Warwick Goble was a British illustrator best known for his early 20th-century book and magazine illustrations, particularly for fantasy, fairy tales, and science fiction works.
  • 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4abd0e8bc8190afe29cd4745c2f86 completed March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae02eda1048190b5452b849315863f completed March 8, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0386785c8190ae74e5f04a4809fc completed March 8, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae04253a80819092c112faddec1de1 completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.