Triple

T8490299
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simpson E200950 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Alan Simpson (screenwriter)
Alan Simpson was a British screenwriter best known for co-writing classic television comedies such as "Hancock's Half Hour" and "Steptoe and Son" with his long-time collaborator Ray Galton.
 E735828 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: Alan Simpson (screenwriter) | Statement: [Simpson, hasNotableBearer, Alan Simpson (screenwriter)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Simpson (screenwriter)
Context triple: [Simpson, hasNotableBearer, Alan Simpson (screenwriter)]
  • A. Hugh Simon
    Hugh Simon is a British actor best known for his role as tech expert Malcolm Wynn-Jones in the television spy drama "MI-5" (also known as "Spooks").
  • B. Ed Solomon
    Ed Solomon is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for co-writing hit films such as "Men in Black" and the "Bill & Ted" series.
  • C. Robert Stein
    Robert Stein is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including academia, business, and the arts.
  • D. Al McWhiggin
    Al McWhiggin is the greedy toy collector and antagonist in Pixar's animated film "Toy Story 2," known for stealing Woody to complete a valuable toy set.
  • E. George Simmons
    George Simmons is a successful but lonely stand-up comedian and film star who confronts his mortality and personal relationships in the comedy-drama film "Funny People."
  • 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: Alan Simpson (screenwriter)
Triple: [Simpson, hasNotableBearer, Alan Simpson (screenwriter)]
Generated description
Alan Simpson was a British screenwriter best known for co-writing classic television comedies such as "Hancock's Half Hour" and "Steptoe and Son" with his long-time collaborator Ray Galton.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Simpson (screenwriter)
Target entity description: Alan Simpson was a British screenwriter best known for co-writing classic television comedies such as "Hancock's Half Hour" and "Steptoe and Son" with his long-time collaborator Ray Galton.
  • A. Hugh Simon
    Hugh Simon is a British actor best known for his role as tech expert Malcolm Wynn-Jones in the television spy drama "MI-5" (also known as "Spooks").
  • B. Ed Solomon
    Ed Solomon is an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for co-writing hit films such as "Men in Black" and the "Bill & Ted" series.
  • C. Robert Stein
    Robert Stein is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including academia, business, and the arts.
  • D. Al McWhiggin
    Al McWhiggin is the greedy toy collector and antagonist in Pixar's animated film "Toy Story 2," known for stealing Woody to complete a valuable toy set.
  • E. George Simmons
    George Simmons is a successful but lonely stand-up comedian and film star who confronts his mortality and personal relationships in the comedy-drama film "Funny People."
  • 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_69ca831d7b148190a6e32c1de43ab13b completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe5596f1c8190aead21a245f21c07 completed March 31, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce3a54c3888190b11b7e9909abe518 completed April 2, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3b2015748190abc70b25c36aa819 completed April 2, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3c1042e48190a0f340e771cdd00a completed April 2, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.