Triple

T14467481
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy DeBarge E358750 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
 E1104691 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: [Tommy DeBarge, givenName, Thomas]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Tommy DeBarge, givenName, 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 first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
  • C. 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."
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas Einstein is an American anesthesiologist and great-grandson of physicist Albert Einstein.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Thom Bell, the influential Jamaican-born American record producer, arranger, and songwriter known for shaping the Philadelphia soul sound.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of American bassist, record producer, and session musician Tommy Cogbill, known for his influential work in soul, R&B, and country music.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tommy Chong, the Canadian-American comedian, actor, and cannabis rights advocate best known as half of the Cheech & Chong duo.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: [Tommy DeBarge, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d827966698819082e140837737501d elicitation completed
NER batch_69de91f8613c819080424104c0b7f4c3 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fd7a3bade48190a4608ca46f5f558a ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fd7da1b73081908062306000a0fd22 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fd7d4949b88190a81573cb03867912 nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.