Triple

T11820923
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Thomas Best E281124 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, historically derived from the Aramaic name meaning "twin."
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: [William Thomas Best, middleName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [William Thomas Best, middleName, 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 given name of Diamond Pitt, likely used as his personal or first name.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Tom Savini, the renowned American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director known for his groundbreaking work in horror films.
  • 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: [William Thomas Best, middleName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, historically derived from the Aramaic name meaning "twin."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, historically derived from the Aramaic name meaning "twin."
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Malthus, the influential English economist and demographer known for his theories on population growth and resource limits.
  • D. 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."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
  • 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_69d6ab26aae88190b2489efcb2a24234 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5e87e488190905bc3bb6d721e56 completed April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f1309f25a88190b0acaf7d9be6ae59 completed April 28, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c completed April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.