Triple
T8976150
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Francis McFall |
E214392
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededInOffice |
P10457
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norman Fowler
Norman Fowler is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as Health Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and later as Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
|
E775295
|
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: Norman Fowler | Statement: [John Francis McFall, precededInOffice, Norman Fowler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Fowler Context triple: [John Francis McFall, precededInOffice, Norman Fowler]
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A.
Norman Leavitt
Norman Leavitt was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
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B.
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
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C.
Norman Stevens
Norman Stevens was a British artist and printmaker known for his atmospheric, often haunting depictions of architectural and domestic interiors.
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D.
Norman Hilberry
Norman Hilberry was an American physicist and administrator best known for his leadership roles in the Manhattan Project and later as director of Argonne National Laboratory.
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E.
Norman Hewson
Norman Hewson is the brother of U2's lead singer Bono and a member of the Hewson family from Dublin, Ireland.
- 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: Norman Fowler Triple: [John Francis McFall, precededInOffice, Norman Fowler]
Generated description
Norman Fowler is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as Health Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and later as Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Fowler Target entity description: Norman Fowler is a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts, including serving as Health Secretary under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and later as Lord Speaker of the House of Lords.
-
A.
Norman Leavitt
Norman Leavitt was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
-
B.
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
-
C.
Norman Stevens
Norman Stevens was a British artist and printmaker known for his atmospheric, often haunting depictions of architectural and domestic interiors.
-
D.
Norman Hilberry
Norman Hilberry was an American physicist and administrator best known for his leadership roles in the Manhattan Project and later as director of Argonne National Laboratory.
-
E.
Norman Hewson
Norman Hewson is the brother of U2's lead singer Bono and a member of the Hewson family from Dublin, Ireland.
- 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_69ca839ea8b88190922c6a326ffcc0d3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6786c880819088393bb107a7364c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:32 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfeb44b97c81908704d9ecf778010e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfefc9e08881908673b8997492a248 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cff019d2788190995d60db13d04231 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:02 p.m.