Triple

T3521366
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thornton Tomasetti E74428 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Charles H. Thornton
Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
E848328 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: Charles H. Thornton | Statement: [Thornton Tomasetti, foundedBy, Charles H. Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles H. Thornton
Context triple: [Thornton Tomasetti, foundedBy, Charles H. Thornton]
  • A. Charles B. Reed
    Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
  • B. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • C. Melvin P. Thorpe
    Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Charles A. L. Reed
    Charles A. L. Reed was an American physician and medical leader best known for helping to establish the American Cancer Society.
  • E. Charles B. Mulvehill
    Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • 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: Charles H. Thornton
Triple: [Thornton Tomasetti, foundedBy, Charles H. Thornton]
Generated description
Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles H. Thornton
Target entity description: Charles H. Thornton is a prominent American structural engineer and industry leader best known as a co-founder of the global engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
  • A. Charles B. Reed
    Charles B. Reed was an American academic administrator who led the California State University system as its chancellor, overseeing one of the largest public university systems in the United States.
  • B. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • C. Melvin P. Thorpe
    Melvin P. Thorpe is a flamboyant, moralizing television reporter and crusader who exposes the illegal brothel at the center of the musical comedy film "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
  • D. Charles A. L. Reed
    Charles A. L. Reed was an American physician and medical leader best known for helping to establish the American Cancer Society.
  • E. Charles B. Mulvehill
    Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • 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_69ad85d0c5488190a3d8e02ebd01a1aa completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbc4c6ac8819096e9c773f3cccbfb completed March 8, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d3549788608190a1949eb254e43a8e completed April 6, 2026, 6:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d356211fd8819089db018473b959e9 completed April 6, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d356a1c48c81909820ad66d96c9cc5 completed April 6, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.