Triple

T9703938
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cecil Beaton E234849 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Beaton
Beaton is a surname most famously associated with Cecil Beaton, the renowned British fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, and stage and costume designer.
 E815487 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: Beaton | Statement: [Cecil Beaton, familyName, Beaton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Beaton
Context triple: [Cecil Beaton, familyName, Beaton]
  • A. Beattie
    Beattie is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, often considered a variant spelling of Beatty.
  • B. Beeton
    Beeton is the surname most famously associated with Mrs. Isabella Beeton, the 19th-century English author of the influential household management and cookery book "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management."
  • C. Beaty
    Beaty is a surname and given name of English and Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. Paton
    Paton is a surname and given name of Scottish origin, used by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Bridgeman
    Bridgeman is an English surname historically associated with British nobility and aristocratic families.
  • 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: Beaton
Triple: [Cecil Beaton, familyName, Beaton]
Generated description
Beaton is a surname most famously associated with Cecil Beaton, the renowned British fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, and stage and costume designer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Beaton
Target entity description: Beaton is a surname most famously associated with Cecil Beaton, the renowned British fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, and stage and costume designer.
  • A. Beattie
    Beattie is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, often considered a variant spelling of Beatty.
  • B. Beeton
    Beeton is the surname most famously associated with Mrs. Isabella Beeton, the 19th-century English author of the influential household management and cookery book "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management."
  • C. Beaty
    Beaty is a surname and given name of English and Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. Paton
    Paton is a surname and given name of Scottish origin, used by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • E. Bridgeman
    Bridgeman is an English surname historically associated with British nobility and aristocratic families.
  • 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_69ca84cc78808190a56f3402b7c139a7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9d73a0148190ad4178fd462cdd9c completed April 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d19132687c8190baf3a60af1b789a8 completed April 4, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d193150c00819080ed0fbb050b60bf completed April 4, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d19416efd48190865d0178e5e893fa completed April 4, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:18 p.m.