Triple
T5294132
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Society of Cinematographers |
E119812
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William C. Thompson |
E306427
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 C. Thompson | Statement: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William C. Thompson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Thompson Context triple: [American Society of Cinematographers, foundedBy, William C. Thompson]
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A.
William C. Thompson
chosen
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
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B.
John W. Thompson
John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
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C.
Thomas G. Thompson
Thomas G. Thompson was an American oceanographer and marine chemist known for pioneering research in chemical oceanography and leadership in marine science.
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D.
Joseph C. Thompson
Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
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E.
John G. Thompson
John G. Thompson is an American mathematician renowned for his groundbreaking work in group theory, including contributions to the classification of finite simple groups.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd446f22b88190b6a47fb91c68a3e7 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd84f034f081908027a43120b6e122 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c5e3777eac81908880498eaa6c1046 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.