Triple

T4864009
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barnum (1980 Broadway production) E108724 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb is the stage name of Charles Stratton, a 19th-century dwarf performer who became an international celebrity through his association with showman P.T. Barnum.
E475571 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: General Tom Thumb | Statement: [Barnum (1980 Broadway production), character, General Tom Thumb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Tom Thumb
Context triple: [Barnum (1980 Broadway production), character, General Tom Thumb]
  • A. Tom Thumb
    Tom Thumb was an early experimental American steam locomotive built in 1830 that demonstrated the viability of steam power for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • B. Tommie
    Tommie is the costumed mascot representing the University of St. Thomas in its athletic and school spirit events.
  • C. Wallace
    Wallace is a common English and Scottish surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
  • D. Wallace
    Wallace is a volume series of early United States Supreme Court case reports compiled by reporter John William Wallace, later incorporated into the official United States Reports.
  • E. Wallace
    Wallace is a notable figure who succeeded Black in a position of leadership or prominence, likely within a political or organizational context.
  • 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: General Tom Thumb
Triple: [Barnum (1980 Broadway production), character, General Tom Thumb]
Generated description
General Tom Thumb is the stage name of Charles Stratton, a 19th-century dwarf performer who became an international celebrity through his association with showman P.T. Barnum.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: General Tom Thumb
Target entity description: General Tom Thumb is the stage name of Charles Stratton, a 19th-century dwarf performer who became an international celebrity through his association with showman P.T. Barnum.
  • A. Tom Thumb
    Tom Thumb was an early experimental American steam locomotive built in 1830 that demonstrated the viability of steam power for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • B. Tommie
    Tommie is the costumed mascot representing the University of St. Thomas in its athletic and school spirit events.
  • C. Wallace
    Wallace is a notable figure who succeeded Black in a position of leadership or prominence, likely within a political or organizational context.
  • D. Wallace
    Wallace is a common English and Scottish surname borne by numerous notable figures in politics, science, and the arts.
  • E. Wallace
    Wallace is a volume series of early United States Supreme Court case reports compiled by reporter John William Wallace, later incorporated into the official United States Reports.
  • 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_69bd440b965081908b0557721cae6338 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6d7718e48190af4c0d1abfa87795 completed March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be5cfdb3248190a16a5f3fb97d4950 completed March 21, 2026, 8:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be607df6648190be22b5bc0d6531b4 completed March 21, 2026, 9:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be611da7c08190b644cfbcb30741fc completed March 21, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.