Triple

T15157251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles P. Thacker E362109 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thacker
Thacker is a surname most notably associated with Charles P. Thacker, a pioneering computer engineer and key figure in the development of modern personal computing.
E1140394 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: Thacker | Statement: [Charles P. Thacker, familyName, Thacker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thacker
Context triple: [Charles P. Thacker, familyName, Thacker]
  • A. Tuker
    Tuker is a surname most notably associated with British Army officer Sir Francis Tuker, who served prominently during World War II.
  • B. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • C. Blatch
    Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
  • D. McGwyre
    McGwyre is a variant spelling of the surname Maguire, an Irish family name of Gaelic origin.
  • E. Thalner
    Thalner is an ancient town in Maharashtra, India, known for its historical significance as an early political and cultural center in the Khandesh region.
  • 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: Thacker
Triple: [Charles P. Thacker, familyName, Thacker]
Generated description
Thacker is a surname most notably associated with Charles P. Thacker, a pioneering computer engineer and key figure in the development of modern personal computing.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thacker
Target entity description: Thacker is a surname most notably associated with Charles P. Thacker, a pioneering computer engineer and key figure in the development of modern personal computing.
  • A. Tuker
    Tuker is a surname most notably associated with British Army officer Sir Francis Tuker, who served prominently during World War II.
  • B. Shriever
    Shriever is a surname, a variant spelling of "Shriver," borne by various individuals of English-speaking origin.
  • C. Blatch
    Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
  • D. McGwyre
    McGwyre is a variant spelling of the surname Maguire, an Irish family name of Gaelic origin.
  • E. Thalner
    Thalner is an ancient town in Maharashtra, India, known for its historical significance as an early political and cultural center in the Khandesh region.
  • 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_69d85a0759908190b8a051d2e2a1cbe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0060c62b08190bcdbd912d011d1ba completed April 15, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69febff87b6c819097f5cc99b2d75fb6 completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec1c2ce5c81909e2df69e4cf80344 completed May 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fec25d50548190a056d6bb1297e780 completed May 9, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.