Triple

T11602773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk E275172 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas was a common medieval English given name borne by numerous notable figures, including nobles, clerics, and saints.
E67625 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 | Statement: [Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament, remembered for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, a prominent 18th-century British Whig statesman and prime minister.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
  • 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
Triple: [Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas was a common medieval English given name borne by numerous notable figures, including nobles, clerics, and saints.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas was a common medieval English given name borne by numerous notable figures, including nobles, clerics, and saints.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • B. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cranmer, the 16th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and a leading figure in the English Reformation.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas was the given name of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, a prominent English nobleman and political figure during the late 15th century.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6aaf84b548190ac072e4fb89ae18f 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_69ee87077d008190874a8339b64dd5ec completed April 26, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ee9cf1cb2481908bc473c87bc42d60 completed April 26, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69eecd31894481908dbd55f605c693f9 completed April 27, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.