Triple

T6579882
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Macdonough E157263 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and historically associated with Christian and European figures.
E67625 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: Thomas | Statement: [Thomas Macdonough, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Thomas Macdonough, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament, remembered for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of Tom Thibodeau, an American professional basketball coach known for his defensive-minded teams in the NBA.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, remembered for initially doubting the Resurrection until he saw and touched Jesus’ wounds.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a renowned British naval officer and radical politician of the 19th century.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of the British chemist and scientific adviser Henry Tizard.
  • 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: Thomas
Triple: [Thomas Macdonough, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and historically associated with Christian and European figures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and historically associated with Christian and European figures.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Malthus, the influential English economist and demographer known for his theories on population growth and resource limits.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of English actor Tom Courtenay, a prominent figure in British cinema and theatre since the 1960s.
  • F. None of above.

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_69c6882b3a108190b3a9eb343ae4162c completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ae8ef4d08190b4c88aa0c15fe91c completed March 27, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6eed36a7081909cb70b79f18b0dfc completed March 27, 2026, 8:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6f2beccb481908d328320c64e7015 completed March 27, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6f321abd8819096640e037b205cb2 completed March 27, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:54 p.m.