Triple
T5252972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cyndi Lauper |
E118630
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Thornton
David Thornton is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, and for being married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
|
E516621
|
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: David Thornton | Statement: [Cyndi Lauper, spouse, David Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thornton Context triple: [Cyndi Lauper, spouse, David Thornton]
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A.
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
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B.
Andrew Whitham
Andrew Whitham is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by his receipt of the William Smith Medal.
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C.
Tony Thorpe
Tony Thorpe is an English musician best known as a founding member of the experimental electronic group The KLF and for his work in the UK electronic and dance music scene.
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D.
Roderick Thorp
Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
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E.
Paul Thompson
Paul Thompson is a musician best known as a member of the alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.
- 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: David Thornton Triple: [Cyndi Lauper, spouse, David Thornton]
Generated description
David Thornton is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, and for being married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thornton Target entity description: David Thornton is an American character actor known for his roles in film and television, and for being married to singer Cyndi Lauper.
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A.
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton was an English actor and comedian best known for his role as the pompous floorwalker Captain Peacock in the long-running British sitcom "Are You Being Served?".
-
B.
Andrew Whitham
Andrew Whitham is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by his receipt of the William Smith Medal.
-
C.
Tony Thorpe
Tony Thorpe is an English musician best known as a founding member of the experimental electronic group The KLF and for his work in the UK electronic and dance music scene.
-
D.
Roderick Thorp
Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
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E.
Paul Thompson
Paul Thompson is a musician best known as a member of the alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.
- 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_69bd446978108190bb5f9c5c23d93f88 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7b7cd7f4819098e591df07564a52 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf331e0e2881908b52da110384302a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf33f58bc48190a3ac42d637f4a052 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf34882fdc8190acab540c5ff07bd8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:50 p.m.