Triple

T16708855
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Brokaw E406046 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given name of American television journalist and longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
 E406046 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 Brokaw, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Tom Brokaw, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of Tom Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback widely regarded as one of the greatest players in American football history.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of American politician Tom Daschle, who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford, a British naval officer and aristocrat known for his volatile temperament in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
  • 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 Brokaw, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given name of American television journalist and longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of American television journalist and longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is the given name of American television journalist and longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Tom Brookshier, an American football player and sportscaster.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his pioneering work in New Journalism.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of American radio host and philanthropist Tom Joyner.
  • 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_69d8838db21081909589220fd71440a4 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e38650c3808190a561f22b169dc3ae completed April 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0091901fd88190a3c0e4b133121a02 completed May 10, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a009376a8308190b0d2a924e893da2e completed May 10, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a009a0bd7f8819090fb16d88108b96d completed May 10, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:20 a.m.