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]
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.