Triple

T5292663
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clark E119775 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Clark
Thomas Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, sports, academia, and the arts.
E512997 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: Thomas Clark | Statement: [Clark, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Clark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Clark
Context triple: [Clark, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Clark]
  • A. James Sansbury
    James Sansbury is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the software company Altera.
  • B. Henry McCullough
    Henry McCullough was a Northern Irish guitarist and singer best known for his work with Paul McCartney and Wings, as well as his contributions to Joe Cocker’s Grease Band and various solo projects.
  • C. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • D. Thomas L. Kane
    Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
  • E. Hugh McDowell
    Hugh McDowell was an English cellist best known for his dynamic performances and recordings with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
  • 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: Thomas Clark
Triple: [Clark, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Clark]
Generated description
Thomas Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, sports, academia, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Clark
Target entity description: Thomas Clark is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including politics, sports, academia, and the arts.
  • A. James Sansbury
    James Sansbury is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the software company Altera.
  • B. Henry McCullough
    Henry McCullough was a Northern Irish guitarist and singer best known for his work with Paul McCartney and Wings, as well as his contributions to Joe Cocker’s Grease Band and various solo projects.
  • C. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • D. Thomas L. Kane
    Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
  • E. Hugh McDowell
    Hugh McDowell was an English cellist best known for his dynamic performances and recordings with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
  • 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_69bd446de5648190b313a90bd96730d2 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd84eec0c081908da5fad1b1fff9d6 completed March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21b22be08190ad5d3d6b12b80bcb completed March 21, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf221994c48190ab6f9bd827046660 completed March 21, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf227942c0819099df4b45bed37dbd completed March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.