Triple

T3682101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thornton, Colorado E78135 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Dan Thornton
Dan Thornton was a mid-20th-century Colorado governor and rancher whose leadership and regional influence led to the city of Thornton, Colorado being named in his honor.
E379887 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: Dan Thornton | Statement: [Thornton, Colorado, namedAfter, Dan Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Thornton
Context triple: [Thornton, Colorado, namedAfter, Dan Thornton]
  • A. Bill Nunn
    Bill Nunn was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in films like "Do the Right Thing" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
  • B. Mike Gartner
    Mike Gartner is a Canadian Hall of Fame right winger renowned as one of the NHL’s most prolific goal scorers, surpassing 700 career goals over a 19-season career.
  • C. Rick Bowness
    Rick Bowness is a veteran NHL coach and former player known for his long coaching career across multiple franchises, including serving as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.
  • D. Kit Malthouse
    Kit Malthouse is a British Conservative politician who has served as a Member of Parliament and held several senior government roles, including positions in the Cabinet.
  • E. Todd Fisher
    Todd Fisher is an American producer, director, cinematographer, and the son of entertainers Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
  • 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: Dan Thornton
Triple: [Thornton, Colorado, namedAfter, Dan Thornton]
Generated description
Dan Thornton was a mid-20th-century Colorado governor and rancher whose leadership and regional influence led to the city of Thornton, Colorado being named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Thornton
Target entity description: Dan Thornton was a mid-20th-century Colorado governor and rancher whose leadership and regional influence led to the city of Thornton, Colorado being named in his honor.
  • A. Bill Nunn
    Bill Nunn was an American character actor best known for his memorable supporting roles in films like "Do the Right Thing" and the "Spider-Man" trilogy.
  • B. Mike Gartner
    Mike Gartner is a Canadian Hall of Fame right winger renowned as one of the NHL’s most prolific goal scorers, surpassing 700 career goals over a 19-season career.
  • C. Rick Bowness
    Rick Bowness is a veteran NHL coach and former player known for his long coaching career across multiple franchises, including serving as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.
  • D. Kit Malthouse
    Kit Malthouse is a British Conservative politician who has served as a Member of Parliament and held several senior government roles, including positions in the Cabinet.
  • E. Todd Fisher
    Todd Fisher is an American producer, director, cinematographer, and the son of entertainers Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
  • 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_69ad85e18c1c8190be8aafb227f39f48 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc492aed481909e8986378ad283fc completed March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3b306c081909b3857daa4f97ce2 completed March 14, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c56b76ac81909ae8d2ef10b8ed28 completed March 14, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c62f7b7c81909150d8e40bb2dda4 completed March 14, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.