Triple

T11162940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Meadows Field Airport E264084 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William M. Thomas
William M. Thomas was a prominent local figure associated with Bakersfield, California, for whom Meadows Field Airport was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
 E1219859 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: William M. Thomas | Statement: [Meadows Field Airport, namedAfter, William M. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William M. Thomas
Context triple: [Meadows Field Airport, namedAfter, William M. Thomas]
  • A. John W. Thomas
    John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • B. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • C. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • D. William C. Thompson Jr.
    William C. Thompson Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as New York City Comptroller and was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 2009.
  • E. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • 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: William M. Thomas
Triple: [Meadows Field Airport, namedAfter, William M. Thomas]
Generated description
William M. Thomas was a prominent local figure associated with Bakersfield, California, for whom Meadows Field Airport was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William M. Thomas
Target entity description: William M. Thomas was a prominent local figure associated with Bakersfield, California, for whom Meadows Field Airport was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • A. John W. Thomas
    John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • B. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • C. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • D. William C. Thompson Jr.
    William C. Thompson Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as New York City Comptroller and was the Democratic nominee for mayor in 2009.
  • E. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • 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_69d6aa9ccddc8190868998c8b7beb060 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8832fe88190a74d81f9ed547baa completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00679214208190a9ee4cce882f59cb completed May 10, 2026, 11:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a006895b8ac8190a8d078e6b9f5bb50 completed May 10, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00694da4a88190944ae4a70ac9f0c3 completed May 10, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.