Triple

T5759557
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward L. Thorndike E127054 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thorndike
Thorndike is a surname most notably associated with Edward L. Thorndike, an influential American psychologist known for his work on learning theory and the law of effect.
 E543622 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: Thorndike | Statement: [Edward L. Thorndike, familyName, Thorndike]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thorndike
Context triple: [Edward L. Thorndike, familyName, Thorndike]
  • A. Tolman
    Tolman is a surname most notably associated with Richard C. Tolman, an American physicist and physical chemist known for his work in statistical mechanics and cosmology.
  • B. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • C. Dewey
    Dewey is a surname most famously associated with George Dewey, the U.S. naval officer celebrated for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
  • D. Dewey
    Dewey is one of the small service robots featured in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for its endearing, almost childlike behavior and emotional bond with the protagonist.
  • E. Dewey
    Dewey is the main town and administrative center of the island-municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
  • 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: Thorndike
Triple: [Edward L. Thorndike, familyName, Thorndike]
Generated description
Thorndike is a surname most notably associated with Edward L. Thorndike, an influential American psychologist known for his work on learning theory and the law of effect.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thorndike
Target entity description: Thorndike is a surname most notably associated with Edward L. Thorndike, an influential American psychologist known for his work on learning theory and the law of effect.
  • A. Tolman
    Tolman is a surname most notably associated with Richard C. Tolman, an American physicist and physical chemist known for his work in statistical mechanics and cosmology.
  • B. Bridgman
    Bridgman is a surname most notably associated with American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy Williams Bridgman, a pioneer in high-pressure physics.
  • C. Dewey
    Dewey is a surname most famously associated with George Dewey, the U.S. naval officer celebrated for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
  • D. Dewey
    Dewey is one of the small service robots featured in the 1972 science fiction film "Silent Running," known for its endearing, almost childlike behavior and emotional bond with the protagonist.
  • E. Dewey
    Dewey is the main town and administrative center of the island-municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
  • 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_69c00833a3fc81908f4bc29ed011b7a6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0293771ec8190a0082685327d649b completed March 22, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c07e507d348190a983a4c127b78de0 completed March 22, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0895a350c819098bfe51833e7f0da completed March 23, 2026, 12:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c089e769248190aec908d826a36a85 completed March 23, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.