Triple
T23486723
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas W. Sarnoff |
E570552
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas |
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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: Thomas | Statement: [Thomas W. Sarnoff, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Thomas W. Sarnoff, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of American football coach Tom Cable, known for his roles as an NFL head coach and offensive line coach.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the real first name of Baron Corbin, an American professional wrestler and former NFL player known for his work in WWE.
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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 common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, traditionally interpreted to mean "twin."
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A.
Thomas
chosen
Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
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E.
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."
- F. None of above.
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_69e245b0b01481908f636939bedd804c |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a754825481909b005ca5654c3159 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:04 p.m.