Triple

T1028339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thompson–Boling Arena E22190 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object B. Ray Thompson
B. Ray Thompson was a prominent businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Tennessee led to the naming of Thompson–Boling Arena in his honor.
 E172596 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: B. Ray Thompson | Statement: [Thompson–Boling Arena, namedAfter, B. Ray Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: B. Ray Thompson
Context triple: [Thompson–Boling Arena, namedAfter, B. Ray Thompson]
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • C. Culbert Olson
    Culbert Olson was a Democratic politician who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943 and was known for his progressive and secular views.
  • D. Ted Cheesman
    Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • E. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • 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: B. Ray Thompson
Triple: [Thompson–Boling Arena, namedAfter, B. Ray Thompson]
Generated description
B. Ray Thompson was a prominent businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Tennessee led to the naming of Thompson–Boling Arena in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: B. Ray Thompson
Target entity description: B. Ray Thompson was a prominent businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Tennessee led to the naming of Thompson–Boling Arena in his honor.
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • C. Culbert Olson
    Culbert Olson was a Democratic politician who served as the 29th governor of California from 1939 to 1943 and was known for his progressive and secular views.
  • D. Ted Cheesman
    Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
  • E. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7f84c888190b5b9e44c7edb508f completed March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad230d2870819099001561e36078f5 completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad24b98d6881908e31adebea66affb completed March 8, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad25732ca08190bc8cbb1692adf35e completed March 8, 2026, 7:29 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.