Triple

T3200292
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject RV Thomas G. Thompson E67032 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Thomas G. Thompson
Thomas G. Thompson was an American oceanographer and marine chemist known for pioneering research in chemical oceanography and leadership in marine science.
 E475864 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 G. Thompson | Statement: [RV Thomas G. Thompson, namedAfter, Thomas G. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas G. Thompson
Context triple: [RV Thomas G. Thompson, namedAfter, Thomas 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. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • 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 G. Thompson
Triple: [RV Thomas G. Thompson, namedAfter, Thomas G. Thompson]
Generated description
Thomas G. Thompson was an American oceanographer and marine chemist known for pioneering research in chemical oceanography and leadership in marine science.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas G. Thompson
Target entity description: Thomas G. Thompson was an American oceanographer and marine chemist known for pioneering research in chemical oceanography and leadership in marine science.
  • 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. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • 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_69ad8589bd988190afa7ed2bdffb7b33 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada9ad4b1c8190bc6ad0f025f238c8 completed March 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be67a122ac81909843cd58f3f8f08d completed March 21, 2026, 9:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be6874a1348190ac90c137299d4468 completed March 21, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be68c77c088190a57376c608abe4c0 completed March 21, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.