Triple
T16922562
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Thomson (photographer) |
E410476
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Thomson |
E410476
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John Thomson | Statement: [John Thomson (photographer), birthName, John Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Thomson Context triple: [John Thomson (photographer), birthName, John Thomson]
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A.
John Thomson
John Thomson was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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B.
John Thomson
John Thomson is a British actor and comedian best known for his work on the sketch show "The Fast Show" and the long-running TV drama "Cold Feet."
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C.
John Thomson (photographer)
chosen
John Thomson (photographer) was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish photographer best known for his groundbreaking documentary images of Asia and his influential social photography of Victorian London.
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D.
Robert Thomson
Robert Thomson is an Australian media executive and journalist best known as the chief executive officer of News Corp and former editor of The Wall Street Journal.
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E.
Alexander Thomson
Alexander Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish architect renowned for his distinctive Glasgow buildings that fused classical forms with innovative structural design.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cdef7df881908b69aa3c4f50ef94 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00dc024d7c8190b8055833ed8908d5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.