Triple

T12507089
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Spalding E298976 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Spalding
Spalding is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
E986802 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: Spalding | Statement: [Thomas Spalding, familyName, Spalding]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spalding
Context triple: [Thomas Spalding, familyName, Spalding]
  • A. Spalding
    Spalding is a market town in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, historically known for its bulb-growing and flower industry.
  • B. Spalding
    Spalding is a creepy, mute butler character from the TV series "American Horror Story: Coven," portrayed by Denis O'Hare.
  • C. Spalding
    Spalding is a small unincorporated community in north-central Idaho known for its proximity to the Nez Perce National Historical Park and its significance to the Nez Perce people.
  • D. Wilton
    Wilton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, known for its suburban communities, commercial development, and proximity to Saratoga Springs.
  • E. Wilton
    Wilton is a suburban town in Fairfield County, southwestern Connecticut, known for its affluent residential character, strong public schools, and wooded, semi-rural landscape.
  • 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: Spalding
Triple: [Thomas Spalding, familyName, Spalding]
Generated description
Spalding is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spalding
Target entity description: Spalding is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across politics, sports, and the arts.
  • A. Spalding
    Spalding is a market town in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, historically known for its bulb-growing and flower industry.
  • B. Spalding
    Spalding is a small unincorporated community in north-central Idaho known for its proximity to the Nez Perce National Historical Park and its significance to the Nez Perce people.
  • C. Spalding
    Spalding is a creepy, mute butler character from the TV series "American Horror Story: Coven," portrayed by Denis O'Hare.
  • D. Wilton
    Wilton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, known for its suburban communities, commercial development, and proximity to Saratoga Springs.
  • E. Wilton
    Wilton is a suburban town in Fairfield County, southwestern Connecticut, known for its affluent residential character, strong public schools, and wooded, semi-rural landscape.
  • 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_69d6ada4cd388190ae3bbf83ff87057a completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9541ace208190a5149b6f18fa196d completed April 10, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64bb778e081909bab2ef87226c6a0 completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64ce1b0ec8190bcbd245255e548b5 completed May 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64da735f48190b051ce173c13e5b2 completed May 2, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:57 p.m.