Triple
T20717642
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomasville, North Carolina |
E509215
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John W. Thomas |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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 W. Thomas | Statement: [Thomasville, North Carolina, namedAfter, John W. Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Thomas Context triple: [Thomasville, North Carolina, namedAfter, John W. Thomas]
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A.
John W. Thomas
chosen
John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
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B.
William M. Thomas
William M. Thomas was a prominent local figure associated with Bakersfield, California, for whom Meadows Field Airport was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
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C.
Carl E. Thompson
Carl E. Thompson, better known as Chucky Thompson, was an American hip-hop and R&B record producer and member of Bad Boy Entertainment’s famed "Hitmen" production team.
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D.
Charles E. Thompson
Charles E. Thompson was an American industrialist best known as the founder of Thompson Products, a major manufacturer of automotive and aircraft engine components that later became part of TRW Inc.
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E.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4c40ad88190b81f77695366d328 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c1d2c57481909840945ffd3b0cc3 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:17 p.m.