Triple

T12267494
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Okkervil River E292383 entity
Predicate hasPastMember P5021 FINISHED
Object Zachary Thomas
Zachary Thomas is a musician best known as a former member and bassist of the indie rock band Okkervil River.
E973457 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: Zachary Thomas | Statement: [Okkervil River, hasPastMember, Zachary Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zachary Thomas
Context triple: [Okkervil River, hasPastMember, Zachary Thomas]
  • A. Zachary Michael Thomas
    Zachary Michael Thomas is a former American football linebacker best known for his standout NFL career with the Miami Dolphins.
  • B. Zach Blair
    Zach Blair is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against.
  • C. Zach Clayton
    Zach Clayton was an American professional wrestling referee best known for officiating major matches during the sport’s territorial era.
  • D. Zach Dean
    Zach Dean is an American screenwriter best known for writing the sci-fi action film "The Tomorrow War."
  • E. Zach Adams
    Zach Adams is an American game developer best known as the co-creator and lead programmer of the cult-favorite simulation game Dwarf Fortress.
  • 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: Zachary Thomas
Triple: [Okkervil River, hasPastMember, Zachary Thomas]
Generated description
Zachary Thomas is a musician best known as a former member and bassist of the indie rock band Okkervil River.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zachary Thomas
Target entity description: Zachary Thomas is a musician best known as a former member and bassist of the indie rock band Okkervil River.
  • A. Zachary Michael Thomas
    Zachary Michael Thomas is a former American football linebacker best known for his standout NFL career with the Miami Dolphins.
  • B. Zach Blair
    Zach Blair is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Rise Against.
  • C. Zach Clayton
    Zach Clayton was an American professional wrestling referee best known for officiating major matches during the sport’s territorial era.
  • D. Zach Dean
    Zach Dean is an American screenwriter best known for writing the sci-fi action film "The Tomorrow War."
  • E. Zach Adams
    Zach Adams is an American game developer best known as the co-creator and lead programmer of the cult-favorite simulation game Dwarf Fortress.
  • 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cdd7b3c8190afd237cd9b633d4d completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6799088190a5644267733ca2e5 completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f5bc1fc8190af9d74acc307ebe1 completed May 2, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62045b20c819083c755fbe99a9a7f completed May 2, 2026, 4:03 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.