Triple
T6246480
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Douglass C. North |
E139732
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Paul Thomas
Robert Paul Thomas was an economic historian known for his influential collaborative work with Douglass C. North on the economic history of Western Europe and institutional change.
|
E579981
|
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: Robert Paul Thomas | Statement: [Douglass C. North, coAuthor, Robert Paul Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Paul Thomas Context triple: [Douglass C. North, coAuthor, Robert Paul Thomas]
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A.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is a central character on the television series "Ally McBeal," known as Ally's former childhood sweetheart and colleague whose complicated relationship with her drives much of the show's emotional drama.
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B.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American stock car racing driver best known for his involvement with the famed Alabama Gang of NASCAR competitors.
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C.
Dean Thomas
Dean Thomas is a fictional Gryffindor student and member of Dumbledore's Army in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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D.
Robert Paul Smith
Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
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E.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer best known for co-founding Witt/Thomas Productions and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls."
- 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: Robert Paul Thomas Triple: [Douglass C. North, coAuthor, Robert Paul Thomas]
Generated description
Robert Paul Thomas was an economic historian known for his influential collaborative work with Douglass C. North on the economic history of Western Europe and institutional change.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Paul Thomas Target entity description: Robert Paul Thomas was an economic historian known for his influential collaborative work with Douglass C. North on the economic history of Western Europe and institutional change.
-
A.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is a central character on the television series "Ally McBeal," known as Ally's former childhood sweetheart and colleague whose complicated relationship with her drives much of the show's emotional drama.
-
B.
Billy Thomas
Billy Thomas is an American stock car racing driver best known for his involvement with the famed Alabama Gang of NASCAR competitors.
-
C.
Dean Thomas
Dean Thomas is a fictional Gryffindor student and member of Dumbledore's Army in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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D.
Robert Paul Smith
Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
-
E.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer best known for co-founding Witt/Thomas Productions and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls."
- 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_69c008b1c5088190ae6de2555fc05ad8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c0631d9e648190a59ab4001f506424 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c2440e47108190b07fa65db104e773 |
completed | March 24, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c4fb6ab25081909bce29ecee57cb42 |
completed | March 26, 2026, 9:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c4fc5c18088190ba2ee0d182d7f3c2 |
completed | March 26, 2026, 9:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.