Triple

T1016735
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James A. Thomas Center E21946 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object James A. Thomas
James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
E344734 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 A. Thomas | Statement: [James A. Thomas Center, namedAfter, James A. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Thomas
Context triple: [James A. Thomas Center, namedAfter, James A. Thomas]
  • A. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • B. Edmund J. James
    Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
  • C. Francis L. Sullivan
    Francis L. Sullivan was a British character actor known for his commanding presence and roles in classic films and stage productions, often portraying authoritative or villainous figures.
  • D. Arthur E. Molloy
    Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
  • E. James E. Shepard
    James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
  • 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 A. Thomas
Triple: [James A. Thomas Center, namedAfter, James A. Thomas]
Generated description
James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James A. Thomas
Target entity description: James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • A. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • B. Edmund J. James
    Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
  • C. Francis L. Sullivan
    Francis L. Sullivan was a British character actor known for his commanding presence and roles in classic films and stage productions, often portraying authoritative or villainous figures.
  • D. Arthur E. Molloy
    Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
  • E. James E. Shepard
    James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
  • 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_69a493c68e24819080ed0ee8bcfd5ce0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7c1e9d08190baf7e81f3777168d completed March 1, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2e7f3336c8190b0a9cd6f932bd3e0 completed March 12, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2e8d04e508190916455fa2f4702b5 completed March 12, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2ed0f862c81909d9a279bea549339 completed March 12, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.