Triple

T4306115
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thompson submachine gun E99958 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object John T. Thompson
John T. Thompson was an American Army officer and firearms designer best known for creating the iconic Thompson submachine gun, widely used in both law enforcement and military contexts in the early 20th century.
 E478218 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 T. Thompson | Statement: [Thompson submachine gun, designer, John T. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John T. Thompson
Context triple: [Thompson submachine gun, designer, John T. Thompson]
  • A. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • B. John G. Thompson
    John G. Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, including contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
  • C. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • D. Thomas G. Thompson
    Thomas G. Thompson was an American oceanographer and marine chemist known for pioneering research in chemical oceanography and leadership in marine science.
  • E. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • 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 T. Thompson
Triple: [Thompson submachine gun, designer, John T. Thompson]
Generated description
John T. Thompson was an American Army officer and firearms designer best known for creating the iconic Thompson submachine gun, widely used in both law enforcement and military contexts in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John T. Thompson
Target entity description: John T. Thompson was an American Army officer and firearms designer best known for creating the iconic Thompson submachine gun, widely used in both law enforcement and military contexts in the early 20th century.
  • A. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • B. John G. Thompson
    John G. Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, including contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
  • C. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • D. Thomas G. Thompson
    Thomas G. Thompson was an American oceanographer and marine chemist known for pioneering research in chemical oceanography and leadership in marine science.
  • E. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b350ba57ec8190afda7d8318e5d2d0 completed March 12, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be6f845ce48190a5feae21980530d6 completed March 21, 2026, 10:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be707405008190ba1456544e8da593 completed March 21, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be70e5537c8190b4db230932818a9c completed March 21, 2026, 10:20 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:09 p.m.