Triple

T4066263
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomson E86329 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ian Thomson (writer)
Ian Thomson is a British writer and journalist best known for his acclaimed works of literary non-fiction and biography, including studies of Primo Levi and the history of the Caribbean.
 E410478 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: Ian Thomson (writer) | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, Ian Thomson (writer)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ian Thomson (writer)
Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, Ian Thomson (writer)]
  • A. Frank Tourle Thomson
    Frank Tourle Thomson was a British naval officer best known for captaining the pioneering 19th-century scientific expedition ship HMS Challenger.
  • B. Alex Thomson
    Alex Thomson was a British cinematographer renowned for his visually striking work on films such as Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 adaptation of Hamlet.
  • C. Steven Pemberton
    Steven Pemberton is a British computer scientist and software engineer known for his work on programming languages, web standards, and contributions to the development of ABC and early Python influences.
  • D. Stuart Thompson
    Stuart Thompson was a prominent Broadway theatre producer known for backing numerous successful plays and musicals.
  • E. Don Nicholl
    Don Nicholl was a British-born television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential American sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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: Ian Thomson (writer)
Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, Ian Thomson (writer)]
Generated description
Ian Thomson is a British writer and journalist best known for his acclaimed works of literary non-fiction and biography, including studies of Primo Levi and the history of the Caribbean.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ian Thomson (writer)
Target entity description: Ian Thomson is a British writer and journalist best known for his acclaimed works of literary non-fiction and biography, including studies of Primo Levi and the history of the Caribbean.
  • A. Frank Tourle Thomson
    Frank Tourle Thomson was a British naval officer best known for captaining the pioneering 19th-century scientific expedition ship HMS Challenger.
  • B. Alex Thomson
    Alex Thomson was a British cinematographer renowned for his visually striking work on films such as Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 adaptation of Hamlet.
  • C. Steven Pemberton
    Steven Pemberton is a British computer scientist and software engineer known for his work on programming languages, web standards, and contributions to the development of ABC and early Python influences.
  • D. Stuart Thompson
    Stuart Thompson was a prominent Broadway theatre producer known for backing numerous successful plays and musicals.
  • E. Don Nicholl
    Don Nicholl was a British-born television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential American sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69aed93c69208190a4efac0efe3cd69b completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbf58d9c8190936e453b0d397cb0 completed March 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b562b17c888190ac4771f2bb4f0d58 completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5637e72948190989169b0a46916a8 completed March 14, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b563fc4cb081908ba0f1a799338a8c completed March 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.