Triple
T17728903
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Dula |
E442537
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Dula, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tom Dula, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
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.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Frankland, a titled member of the British Frankland family.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas E. Lovejoy, an influential American ecologist known for his pioneering work in biodiversity conservation.
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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.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
- 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 formal given name of Tom Dula, the 19th-century North Carolina man whose murder trial inspired the folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for his influential protest and contemporary folk songs.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Boston Corbett, the Union Army soldier known for killing Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson, a prominent military leader during the American Civil War.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9ec79688190b86bdcef85a7b3aa |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e478e4ae5c8190a6f0743f7e74b5bf |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.