Triple

T6866356
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Nast E158411 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nast
Nast is a German surname most famously associated with 19th-century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose work helped define modern American political iconography.
 E625592 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: Nast | Statement: [Thomas Nast, familyName, Nast]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nast
Context triple: [Thomas Nast, familyName, Nast]
  • A. Naast
    Naast is a village in the Walloon region of Belgium that forms part of the municipality of Soignies in the province of Hainaut.
  • B. Nastik
    Nastik is a Hindi-language Indian film best known as a notable work of actor-filmmaker I. S. Johar.
  • C. Nuska
    Nuska is a Mesopotamian god of fire and light, often serving as a divine vizier and attendant to major deities in the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons.
  • D. Naristi
    The Naristi were an ancient Germanic tribe known primarily from Roman sources as neighbors of the Marcomanni in Central Europe.
  • E. Nadaw
    Nadaw is a traditional month in the Burmese calendar associated with religious observances, festivals, and cultural activities in Myanmar.
  • 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: Nast
Triple: [Thomas Nast, familyName, Nast]
Generated description
Nast is a German surname most famously associated with 19th-century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose work helped define modern American political iconography.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nast
Target entity description: Nast is a German surname most famously associated with 19th-century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, whose work helped define modern American political iconography.
  • A. Naast
    Naast is a village in the Walloon region of Belgium that forms part of the municipality of Soignies in the province of Hainaut.
  • B. Nastik
    Nastik is a Hindi-language Indian film best known as a notable work of actor-filmmaker I. S. Johar.
  • C. Nuska
    Nuska is a Mesopotamian god of fire and light, often serving as a divine vizier and attendant to major deities in the Sumerian and Akkadian pantheons.
  • D. Naristi
    The Naristi were an ancient Germanic tribe known primarily from Roman sources as neighbors of the Marcomanni in Central Europe.
  • E. Nadaw
    Nadaw is a traditional month in the Burmese calendar associated with religious observances, festivals, and cultural activities in Myanmar.
  • 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_69c68831e3648190a643c328122e4d43 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d8a5ef848190b6b9a11a3fbdb384 completed March 27, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7428b2fe88190ac1798922e2b9620 completed March 28, 2026, 2:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7437978b48190a9c79761c15355cd completed March 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c743f4c6fc8190b8a39fdfe7a796ea completed March 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:21 p.m.