Triple
T23319697
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | the Whiz Kids |
E591117
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles B. “Tex” Thornton |
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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: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton | Statement: [the Whiz Kids, notableMember, Charles B. “Tex” Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton Context triple: [the Whiz Kids, notableMember, Charles B. “Tex” Thornton]
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A.
Charles B. “Tex” Thornton
chosen
Charles B. “Tex” Thornton was an American business executive and former U.S. Army statistical control officer who co-founded the famed “Whiz Kids” group and later led Litton Industries to prominence.
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B.
Ted Mullens
Ted Mullens is a kind-hearted veterinarian and love interest of Alexis Rose on the Canadian television sitcom "Schitt's Creek."
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C.
Tex Thompson
Tex Thompson is a Golden Age adventure hero from DC Comics, introduced as a patriotic crime-fighter in early issues of Action Comics.
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D.
Bobby Carmichael
Bobby Carmichael is a central character on the sitcom "The Carmichael Show," portrayed as Jerrod Carmichael’s outspoken and often comedic brother.
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E.
Clifton McNeely
Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
- 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_69e25d1effe4819096907f95f610dbff |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1978440888190b316664812105d60 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:07 p.m.