Triple
T14535465
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Shadyac |
E341032
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entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
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E1104704
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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: [Tom Shadyac, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tom Shadyac, givenName, Thomas]
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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.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
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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."
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
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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.
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: [Tom Shadyac, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
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A.
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.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor and producer Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood’s most famous and highest-grossing movie stars.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Tom Savini, the renowned American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director known for his groundbreaking work in horror films.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
- 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_69d822dac79c8190a84a073f3cbaced5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deb1b9d39881908c7a3a5b17d432af |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a3bade48190a4608ca46f5f558a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd7d4949b88190a81573cb03867912 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd7da1b73081908062306000a0fd22 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.