Triple

T8708298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In the Ocean of Night E206706 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Nigel Walmsley
Nigel Walmsley is a fictional British astronaut and scientist who becomes a central figure in Gregory Benford’s hard science fiction novels, confronting first contact and cosmic-scale mysteries.
E760396 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: Nigel Walmsley | Statement: [In the Ocean of Night, mainCharacter, Nigel Walmsley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Walmsley
Context triple: [In the Ocean of Night, mainCharacter, Nigel Walmsley]
  • A. Nigel Whitmey
    Nigel Whitmey is a Canadian-born British actor known for his work in film, television, and voice acting, including roles in productions such as "Saving Private Ryan" and various video games.
  • B. Nigel Lamb
    Nigel Lamb is a British aerobatic and air racing pilot best known for competing at the highest level in international air racing events, including the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
  • C. Nigel Wick
    Nigel Wick is a comically tyrannical and eccentric British boss on the American sitcom "The Drew Carey Show," known for his outrageous behavior and antagonistic relationship with the main character.
  • D. Nigel Barker
    Nigel Barker is a British fashion photographer, author, and television personality best known for serving as a longtime judge and photographer on the reality TV series "America's Next Top Model."
  • E. Nigel Sinclair
    Nigel Sinclair is a British film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including collaborations on major music and historical projects.
  • 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: Nigel Walmsley
Triple: [In the Ocean of Night, mainCharacter, Nigel Walmsley]
Generated description
Nigel Walmsley is a fictional British astronaut and scientist who becomes a central figure in Gregory Benford’s hard science fiction novels, confronting first contact and cosmic-scale mysteries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nigel Walmsley
Target entity description: Nigel Walmsley is a fictional British astronaut and scientist who becomes a central figure in Gregory Benford’s hard science fiction novels, confronting first contact and cosmic-scale mysteries.
  • A. Nigel Whitmey
    Nigel Whitmey is a Canadian-born British actor known for his work in film, television, and voice acting, including roles in productions such as "Saving Private Ryan" and various video games.
  • B. Nigel Lamb
    Nigel Lamb is a British aerobatic and air racing pilot best known for competing at the highest level in international air racing events, including the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
  • C. Nigel Wick
    Nigel Wick is a comically tyrannical and eccentric British boss on the American sitcom "The Drew Carey Show," known for his outrageous behavior and antagonistic relationship with the main character.
  • D. Nigel Barker
    Nigel Barker is a British fashion photographer, author, and television personality best known for serving as a longtime judge and photographer on the reality TV series "America's Next Top Model."
  • E. Nigel Sinclair
    Nigel Sinclair is a British film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including collaborations on major music and historical projects.
  • 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_69ca835645e881908f00e3c8b51da81d completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc58ffa6a481908866b6239d1d9b92 completed March 31, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf88cf76888190a0cdab7f30c791c7 completed April 3, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8a3d8e548190911d44ee36875d44 completed April 3, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8ae86e1881908a77f660c061bf69 completed April 3, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.