Triple
T4066266
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomson |
E86329
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Malcolm Thomson (journalist)
George Malcolm Thomson was a Scottish journalist, author, and nationalist campaigner known for his influential writings on Scottish identity and politics in the mid-20th century.
|
E410481
|
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: George Malcolm Thomson (journalist) | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, George Malcolm Thomson (journalist)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Malcolm Thomson (journalist) Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, George Malcolm Thomson (journalist)]
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A.
Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
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B.
John R. Thomson
John R. Thomson was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
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C.
Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Thomson was a Canadian media magnate and art collector who built the Thomson family’s vast business empire and became one of the country’s wealthiest individuals.
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D.
Frank Tourle Thomson
Frank Tourle Thomson was a British naval officer best known for captaining the pioneering 19th-century scientific expedition ship HMS Challenger.
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E.
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet was a Canadian-born British media magnate who built a vast newspaper and broadcasting empire and became one of the most influential press barons of the 20th century.
- 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: George Malcolm Thomson (journalist) Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, George Malcolm Thomson (journalist)]
Generated description
George Malcolm Thomson was a Scottish journalist, author, and nationalist campaigner known for his influential writings on Scottish identity and politics in the mid-20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Malcolm Thomson (journalist) Target entity description: George Malcolm Thomson was a Scottish journalist, author, and nationalist campaigner known for his influential writings on Scottish identity and politics in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
-
B.
John R. Thomson
John R. Thomson was a 19th-century American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey.
-
C.
Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Thomson was a Canadian media magnate and art collector who built the Thomson family’s vast business empire and became one of the country’s wealthiest individuals.
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D.
Frank Tourle Thomson
Frank Tourle Thomson was a British naval officer best known for captaining the pioneering 19th-century scientific expedition ship HMS Challenger.
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E.
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet was a Canadian-born British media magnate who built a vast newspaper and broadcasting empire and became one of the most influential press barons of the 20th century.
- 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.