Triple

T20717642
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomasville, North Carolina E509215 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object John W. Thomas 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.