Triple

T19348375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Wüthrich E483943 entity
Predicate hasGivenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas — NE NERFINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: [Thomas Wüthrich, hasGivenName, Thomas]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Thomas Wüthrich, hasGivenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a prominent 19th-century British peer and landowner.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of former NFL quarterback Tommy Maddox, who notably played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and won the 2001 XFL championship.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
  • 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 a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, commonly used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
  • D. 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."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Malthus, the influential English economist and demographer known for his theories on population growth and resource limits.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (2 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8e8d244f8819080eb1f3491300db2 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e6185d54c0819081715ca13a5806b4 ner completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:34 p.m.