Triple
T2620154
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward Thomas Wailes |
E58987
|
entity |
| Predicate | middleName |
P143
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of Edward Thomas Wailes, an American diplomat.
|
E283961
|
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: Thomas | Statement: [Edward Thomas Wailes, middleName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Edward Thomas Wailes, middleName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback widely regarded as one of the greatest players in American football history.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, a prominent 17th-century English statesman and politician.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Diamond Pitt, likely used as his personal or first name.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of Slade Gorton, an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Washington.
- 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: Thomas Triple: [Edward Thomas Wailes, middleName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the middle name of Edward Thomas Wailes, an American diplomat.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the middle name of Edward Thomas Wailes, an American diplomat.
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, a prominent 17th-century English statesman and politician.
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B.
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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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson, a prominent military leader during the American Civil War.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a renowned British naval officer and radical politician of the 19th century.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of Slade Gorton, an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Washington.
- 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd897acb481909a976b70304cc30e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af907835188190914a241e8bdf0d4f |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af90f63dac8190b3282b5029d22fab |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af918e7b50819082f37f9cdb3271a2 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.