Triple

T2485374
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Morgan Medal E55913 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object John G. Thompson
John G. Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, including contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
 E334437 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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 G. Thompson | Statement: [De Morgan Medal, notableRecipient, John G. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John G. Thompson
Context triple: [De Morgan Medal, notableRecipient, John G. Thompson]
  • A. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • B. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • C. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • D. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • E. Thomas C. Kinkaid
    Thomas C. Kinkaid was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific Theater.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: John G. Thompson
Triple: [De Morgan Medal, notableRecipient, John G. Thompson]
Generated description
John G. Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, including contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John G. Thompson
Target entity description: John G. Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, including contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
  • A. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • B. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • C. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • D. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • E. Thomas C. Kinkaid
    Thomas C. Kinkaid was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II who led major Allied naval operations in the Pacific Theater.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ab49e670a88190b928e08302381710 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd175f5ac8190870db9c6cb8e45bd completed March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2357438648190b2dc11ae9b568a15 completed March 12, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2393fe2d08190941ac0755b1f8569 completed March 12, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b239a968e881909f528498d7d1a47f completed March 12, 2026, 3:57 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.