Triple
T22196936
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Hale Thompson |
E548573
|
entity |
| Predicate | nickname |
P55
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Big Bill Thompson |
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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: Big Bill Thompson | Statement: [William Hale Thompson, nickname, Big Bill Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Big Bill Thompson Context triple: [William Hale Thompson, nickname, Big Bill Thompson]
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A.
Henry B. Tippie
Henry B. Tippie was an American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to education led the University of Iowa to name its business school in his honor.
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B.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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C.
Charles T. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 42nd "Rainbow" Division during World War I and later served as the first chief of the Army Air Service.
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D.
Jesse G. Vincent
Jesse G. Vincent is a software developer best known for creating the RT issue tracking system and contributing extensively to open-source projects.
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E.
Charles O. Hobaugh
Charles O. Hobaugh is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the 2000s.
- 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: Big Bill Thompson Target entity description: Big Bill Thompson was a flamboyant and controversial early 20th-century Chicago mayor known for his populist style, corruption scandals, and ties to organized crime.
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A.
Henry B. Tippie
Henry B. Tippie was an American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to education led the University of Iowa to name its business school in his honor.
-
B.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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C.
Charles T. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the 42nd "Rainbow" Division during World War I and later served as the first chief of the Army Air Service.
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D.
Jesse G. Vincent
Jesse G. Vincent is a software developer best known for creating the RT issue tracking system and contributing extensively to open-source projects.
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E.
Charles O. Hobaugh
Charles O. Hobaugh is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions in the 2000s.
- 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_69e11e3ecc7c8190b5f94cd8f42e9d37 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12ae7c72081909b7817d66391bef4 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:35 p.m.