Triple
T4066275
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomson |
E86329
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Edgar Thomson
John Edgar Thomson was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and railroad executive who served as the influential president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
|
E410488
|
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: John Edgar Thomson | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, John Edgar Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Edgar Thomson Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, John Edgar Thomson]
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A.
Clarence A. Crane
Clarence A. Crane was an American businessman best known as the inventor of Life Savers candy.
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B.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
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C.
William Tracy
William Tracy was an American film actor best known for his comedic roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies.
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D.
Alfred B. Mullett
Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent 19th-century American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury and designed numerous notable federal buildings in the Second Empire style.
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E.
Thomas Whitehurst
Thomas Whitehurst was an educator and mentor known for teaching and influencing the English clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.
- 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: John Edgar Thomson Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, John Edgar Thomson]
Generated description
John Edgar Thomson was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and railroad executive who served as the influential president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Edgar Thomson Target entity description: John Edgar Thomson was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and railroad executive who served as the influential president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
-
A.
Clarence A. Crane
Clarence A. Crane was an American businessman best known as the inventor of Life Savers candy.
-
B.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
-
C.
William Tracy
William Tracy was an American film actor best known for his comedic roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies.
-
D.
Alfred B. Mullett
Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent 19th-century American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury and designed numerous notable federal buildings in the Second Empire style.
-
E.
Thomas Whitehurst
Thomas Whitehurst was an educator and mentor known for teaching and influencing the English clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.
- 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.