Triple
T12919809
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tennessee Williams |
E309086
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
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E309086
|
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: [Tennessee Williams, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tennessee Williams, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, was a 17th-century Italian nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy who played a significant role in the Thirty Years' War and related European conflicts.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the young and initially reluctant prince of Delain who becomes the central figure in Stephen King’s fantasy novel "The Eyes of the Dragon," evolving from a manipulated child into a more self-aware and courageous ruler.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Robert Bugeaud, a 19th-century French military officer and colonial administrator known for his role in the conquest of Algeria.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
- 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: [Tennessee Williams, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the birth name of the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the birth name of the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."
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A.
Thomas
chosen
Thomas is the given first name of the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of the American novelist Thomas Wolfe, known for his expansive, autobiographical fiction such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his pioneering work in New Journalism.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of the American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Mankiewicz, an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on James Bond and Superman films.
- 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_69d7bdf92b588190acdf2a2291ac4590 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d971e6d9fc8190b8a5244b26b5f78a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6af55623081909fd171129f439302 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6b02e3b9881909387c1f70176a1bd |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6b121fdb881909a9a321794a3b8f1 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:41 p.m.