Triple

T5676876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C. E125106 entity
Predicate hasNotableBurials P3803 FINISHED
Object John W. Thompson
John W. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his historical significance.
 E587417 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: John W. Thompson | Statement: [Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C., hasNotableBurials, John W. Thompson]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Thompson
Context triple: [Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C., hasNotableBurials, John W. Thompson]
  • A. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • B. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John T. Thompson
    John T. Thompson was an American Army officer and firearms designer best known for creating the iconic Thompson submachine gun, widely used in both law enforcement and military contexts in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Thompson
Target entity description: John W. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his historical significance.
  • A. John W. Thompson
    John W. Thompson is an American technology executive best known for serving as chairman of Microsoft and former CEO of Symantec.
  • B. John S. Thompson
    John S. Thompson was a Dutch engineer and resistance member during World War II, honored for his role in the liberation of the Netherlands.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John T. Thompson
    John T. Thompson was an American Army officer and firearms designer best known for creating the iconic Thompson submachine gun, widely used in both law enforcement and military contexts in the early 20th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: John W. Thompson
Triple: [Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C., hasNotableBurials, John W. Thompson]
Generated description
John W. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his historical significance.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c008295c808190acfe78915e7d656a elicitation completed
NER batch_69c02392f9f481908f7b80873589eff1 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c62cddd8188190928e01ba450637c2 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c62e33354481908a6a9af5c245f307 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c62dcb9e1481909fb357f2b010bc19 nedg completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:43 p.m.