Triple
T14176393
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | B.J. Thomas |
E351342
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Billy Joe Thomas
Billy Joe Thomas was an American pop and country singer best known for hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling."
|
E1084508
|
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: Billy Joe Thomas | Statement: [B.J. Thomas, birthName, Billy Joe Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Joe Thomas Context triple: [B.J. Thomas, birthName, Billy Joe Thomas]
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A.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American stock car racing driver best known for his involvement with the famed Alabama Gang of NASCAR competitors.
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B.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is a central character on the television series "Ally McBeal," known as Ally's former childhood sweetheart and colleague whose complicated relationship with her drives much of the show's emotional drama.
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C.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American musician best known as a drummer and vocalist in the Nashville-based Western swing band The Time Jumpers.
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D.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an Indian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the software company Zoho Corporation.
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E.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer best known for co-founding Witt/Thomas Productions and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls."
- 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: Billy Joe Thomas Triple: [B.J. Thomas, birthName, Billy Joe Thomas]
Generated description
Billy Joe Thomas was an American pop and country singer best known for hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Joe Thomas Target entity description: Billy Joe Thomas was an American pop and country singer best known for hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling."
-
A.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American stock car racing driver best known for his involvement with the famed Alabama Gang of NASCAR competitors.
-
B.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is a central character on the television series "Ally McBeal," known as Ally's former childhood sweetheart and colleague whose complicated relationship with her drives much of the show's emotional drama.
-
C.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American musician best known as a drummer and vocalist in the Nashville-based Western swing band The Time Jumpers.
-
D.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an Indian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the software company Zoho Corporation.
-
E.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer best known for co-founding Witt/Thomas Productions and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls."
- 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_69d8278834a08190b0f1784e58d7b99c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de61c76e8081909994b95b631100e9 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcf80cdae88190ae987b49218c281d |
completed | May 7, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd067e73708190adcb4e1c2fbf210d |
completed | May 7, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd0c5161dc8190a923c5b00dc5b53a |
completed | May 7, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:02 a.m.