Triple

T6100668
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Out West with the Hardys E135984 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object Frank M. Thomas
Frank M. Thomas was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
 E583246 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: Frank M. Thomas | Statement: [Out West with the Hardys, castMember, Frank M. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank M. Thomas
Context triple: [Out West with the Hardys, castMember, Frank M. Thomas]
  • A. Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas was a prominent Disney animator and one of the famed "Nine Old Men," known for his influential work on many classic animated films.
  • B. Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter, best known for his powerful hitting and two MVP awards with the Chicago White Sox.
  • C. Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas was a prominent American college football coach best known for leading the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide to national prominence in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Ernie Banks
    Ernie Banks was a Hall of Fame shortstop and first baseman renowned as “Mr. Cub” and one of the greatest and most beloved players in Chicago Cubs history.
  • E. Dave Parker
    Dave Parker is a former Major League Baseball star outfielder, best known for his powerful hitting and MVP-caliber play in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • 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: Frank M. Thomas
Triple: [Out West with the Hardys, castMember, Frank M. Thomas]
Generated description
Frank M. Thomas was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank M. Thomas
Target entity description: Frank M. Thomas was an American character actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films.
  • A. Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas was a prominent Disney animator and one of the famed "Nine Old Men," known for his influential work on many classic animated films.
  • B. Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas is a Hall of Fame former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter, best known for his powerful hitting and two MVP awards with the Chicago White Sox.
  • C. Frank Thomas
    Frank Thomas was a prominent American college football coach best known for leading the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide to national prominence in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Ernie Banks
    Ernie Banks was a Hall of Fame shortstop and first baseman renowned as “Mr. Cub” and one of the greatest and most beloved players in Chicago Cubs history.
  • E. Dave Parker
    Dave Parker is a former Major League Baseball star outfielder, best known for his powerful hitting and MVP-caliber play in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • 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_69c0087dee9881909e3655be88208c01 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05b3aa9908190865be98ada141d37 completed March 22, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c518d771408190bcff32f692c2b9fd completed March 26, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c52d745a3081909435f227a4f46317 completed March 26, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c59088b4b48190a31435c37d83f287 completed March 26, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:13 p.m.