Triple

T4066264
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomson E86329 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Robert Thomson (inventor)
Robert Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish inventor best known for pioneering the development of the pneumatic tyre for road vehicles.
E410479 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: Robert Thomson (inventor) | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, Robert Thomson (inventor)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Thomson (inventor)
Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, Robert Thomson (inventor)]
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Silvanus P. Thompson
    Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • C. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • D. Thomas Fairbairn
    Thomas Fairbairn was a prominent 19th-century British industrialist and art patron known for his leading role in organizing major art exhibitions in Manchester.
  • E. Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson was a British character actor known for his dignified, often aristocratic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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: Robert Thomson (inventor)
Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, Robert Thomson (inventor)]
Generated description
Robert Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish inventor best known for pioneering the development of the pneumatic tyre for road vehicles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Thomson (inventor)
Target entity description: Robert Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish inventor best known for pioneering the development of the pneumatic tyre for road vehicles.
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Silvanus P. Thompson
    Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • C. Charles Francis Jenkins
    Charles Francis Jenkins was an American pioneer of early cinema and television technology, known for his groundbreaking work in motion picture projection and experimental broadcasting.
  • D. Thomas Fairbairn
    Thomas Fairbairn was a prominent 19th-century British industrialist and art patron known for his leading role in organizing major art exhibitions in Manchester.
  • E. Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson was a British character actor known for his dignified, often aristocratic roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
  • 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.