Triple
T4362535
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Graphic |
E98693
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Luson Thomas
William Luson Thomas was a 19th-century British wood-engraver and social reformer best known for founding the illustrated weekly newspaper The Graphic.
|
E434365
|
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: William Luson Thomas | Statement: [The Graphic, founder, William Luson Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Luson Thomas Context triple: [The Graphic, founder, William Luson Thomas]
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A.
Carroll D. Wright
Carroll D. Wright was a prominent American statistician and social reformer who served as the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor and became influential for his pioneering work in labor statistics and industrial relations.
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B.
C. Leonard Wilson
C. Leonard Wilson was an early American mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of North Palisade in California’s Sierra Nevada.
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C.
St. Clair Drake
St. Clair Drake was an influential African American sociologist, anthropologist, and activist known for his pioneering studies of Black urban life and race relations, particularly in Chicago.
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D.
William Edwards
William Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who appeared in numerous silent and early sound films.
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E.
Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert D. Thomas was an American educator and Democratic U.S. Senator from Utah who served from 1933 to 1951 and was known for his work on foreign policy and education.
- 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: William Luson Thomas Triple: [The Graphic, founder, William Luson Thomas]
Generated description
William Luson Thomas was a 19th-century British wood-engraver and social reformer best known for founding the illustrated weekly newspaper The Graphic.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Luson Thomas Target entity description: William Luson Thomas was a 19th-century British wood-engraver and social reformer best known for founding the illustrated weekly newspaper The Graphic.
-
A.
Carroll D. Wright
Carroll D. Wright was a prominent American statistician and social reformer who served as the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor and became influential for his pioneering work in labor statistics and industrial relations.
-
B.
C. Leonard Wilson
C. Leonard Wilson was an early American mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of North Palisade in California’s Sierra Nevada.
-
C.
St. Clair Drake
St. Clair Drake was an influential African American sociologist, anthropologist, and activist known for his pioneering studies of Black urban life and race relations, particularly in Chicago.
-
D.
William Edwards
William Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who appeared in numerous silent and early sound films.
-
E.
Elbert D. Thomas
Elbert D. Thomas was an American educator and Democratic U.S. Senator from Utah who served from 1933 to 1951 and was known for his work on foreign policy and education.
- 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b351e5ee308190a9271e73689b4a2b |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5dbc68534819095ce62645ca79eff |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5df8336e881908c875b8411c2fe4d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e0ded0288190b615364e9ae10821 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:27 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.