Triple

T8726205
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thirsk E207136 entity
Predicate notableResident P1092 FINISHED
Object James Herriot
James Herriot was the pen name of British veterinary surgeon and author Alf Wight, best known for his semi-autobiographical books about rural veterinary life in Yorkshire, starting with "If Only They Could Talk."
 E753093 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: James Herriot | Statement: [Thirsk, notableResident, James Herriot]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Herriot
Context triple: [Thirsk, notableResident, James Herriot]
  • A. Herriot
    Herriot is a French surname most notably associated with Édouard Herriot, a prominent 20th-century French Radical politician and longtime mayor of Lyon.
  • B. Reginald Blythe
    Reginald Blythe is a fictional character best known for being played by Richard Attenborough in film.
  • C. Gerald Durrell
    Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, and author renowned for his pioneering work in wildlife conservation and his popular autobiographical books about animals and family life.
  • D. Bill Oddie
    Bill Oddie is a British comedian, writer, musician, and prominent wildlife presenter best known for his work on nature television programmes.
  • E. Jamie Oddie
    Jamie Oddie is best known as the husband of Australian actress Claudia Black, recognized for her roles in science fiction television and film.
  • 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: James Herriot
Triple: [Thirsk, notableResident, James Herriot]
Generated description
James Herriot was the pen name of British veterinary surgeon and author Alf Wight, best known for his semi-autobiographical books about rural veterinary life in Yorkshire, starting with "If Only They Could Talk."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Herriot
Target entity description: James Herriot was the pen name of British veterinary surgeon and author Alf Wight, best known for his semi-autobiographical books about rural veterinary life in Yorkshire, starting with "If Only They Could Talk."
  • A. Herriot
    Herriot is a French surname most notably associated with Édouard Herriot, a prominent 20th-century French Radical politician and longtime mayor of Lyon.
  • B. Reginald Blythe
    Reginald Blythe is a fictional character best known for being played by Richard Attenborough in film.
  • C. Gerald Durrell
    Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, and author renowned for his pioneering work in wildlife conservation and his popular autobiographical books about animals and family life.
  • D. Bill Oddie
    Bill Oddie is a British comedian, writer, musician, and prominent wildlife presenter best known for his work on nature television programmes.
  • E. Jamie Oddie
    Jamie Oddie is best known as the husband of Australian actress Claudia Black, recognized for her roles in science fiction television and film.
  • 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_69ca835811d8819081ea00fd2a2c9a1c completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5d158b0481908249610458f97306 completed March 31, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf2912c4e08190a147fc31db6788d1 completed April 3, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf2bd32cc881909ac8a61befa9929e completed April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf2c69f83481909423858668d03a8b completed April 3, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:36 p.m.