Triple

T3776529
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Real Friends E83320 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Carl Thomas
Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
 E329990 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: Carl Thomas | Statement: [Real Friends, writer, Carl Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Thomas
Context triple: [Real Friends, writer, Carl Thomas]
  • A. Carl Thomas
    Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
  • B. David Michaels
    David Michaels is a television producer and director best known for his work on sports and entertainment broadcasts and as the brother of famed sportscaster Al Michaels.
  • C. Keith Crouch
    Keith Crouch is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work on Brandy’s early hits and other 1990s soul and gospel projects.
  • D. Rob Thomas
    Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
  • E. Rob Thomas
    Rob Thomas is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the cult-favorite mystery-drama series Veronica Mars.
  • 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: Carl Thomas
Triple: [Real Friends, writer, Carl Thomas]
Generated description
Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl Thomas
Target entity description: Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer and songwriter best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
  • A. Carl Thomas chosen
    Carl Thomas is an American R&B singer best known for his soulful vocals and early 2000s hits like "I Wish."
  • B. David Michaels
    David Michaels is a television producer and director best known for his work on sports and entertainment broadcasts and as the brother of famed sportscaster Al Michaels.
  • C. Keith Crouch
    Keith Crouch is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work on Brandy’s early hits and other 1990s soul and gospel projects.
  • D. Rob Thomas
    Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
  • E. Rob Thomas
    Rob Thomas is an American television writer and producer best known for creating the cult-favorite mystery-drama series Veronica Mars.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ad8b235e608190b5a2b1d1bfcef50b completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcc5be3c48190a72e840d8214bb74 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e534a02c8190b8dd76ed965f393f completed March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e6b1cefc8190971e9441dc145e19 completed March 14, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4ea8b9d2c819088db1fdf9dc90c0c completed March 14, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:36 p.m.