Triple

T11601044
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Nelson Jr. E275128 entity
Predicate notableRelative P367 FINISHED
Object Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)
Thomas Nelson, the father of William Nelson, was an early member of the prominent Nelson family of colonial Virginia whose descendants became influential political leaders, including a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
 E936185 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: Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson) | Statement: [Thomas Nelson Jr., notableRelative, Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)
Context triple: [Thomas Nelson Jr., notableRelative, Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)]
  • A. Thomas Nelson Jr.
    Thomas Nelson Jr. was an American Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who served as governor of Virginia.
  • B. John Henry (father of Patrick Henry)
    John Henry was a Scottish-born planter and surveyor in colonial Virginia best known as the father of American Revolutionary orator and statesman Patrick Henry.
  • C. John Wayles
    John Wayles was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and slave trader best known as the father of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson and the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson.
  • D. Nathaniel Burwell
    Nathaniel Burwell was a member of the prominent Burwell family of colonial Virginia, known for their extensive landholdings and political influence.
  • E. Thomas Nelson
    Thomas Nelson is a major Christian publishing company known for producing Bibles and religious books, including the New King James Version.
  • 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: Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)
Triple: [Thomas Nelson Jr., notableRelative, Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)]
Generated description
Thomas Nelson, the father of William Nelson, was an early member of the prominent Nelson family of colonial Virginia whose descendants became influential political leaders, including a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Nelson (father of William Nelson)
Target entity description: Thomas Nelson, the father of William Nelson, was an early member of the prominent Nelson family of colonial Virginia whose descendants became influential political leaders, including a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • A. Thomas Nelson Jr.
    Thomas Nelson Jr. was an American Founding Father, Revolutionary War leader, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who served as governor of Virginia.
  • B. John Henry (father of Patrick Henry)
    John Henry was a Scottish-born planter and surveyor in colonial Virginia best known as the father of American Revolutionary orator and statesman Patrick Henry.
  • C. John Wayles
    John Wayles was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and slave trader best known as the father of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson and the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson.
  • D. Nathaniel Burwell
    Nathaniel Burwell was a member of the prominent Burwell family of colonial Virginia, known for their extensive landholdings and political influence.
  • E. Thomas Nelson
    Thomas Nelson is a major Christian publishing company known for producing Bibles and religious books, including the New King James Version.
  • 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8954daa908190a8d532e43aa4a881 completed April 10, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e8a7f018a881908f4b206699044ceb completed April 22, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e9e9c6b7c08190838a08cda0290671 completed April 23, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ee5b254a2081909cba97a6ecb10601 completed April 26, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.