Triple

T7396580
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of St Fagans E170635 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Thomas Horton
Thomas Horton was a Parliamentarian cavalry officer and military commander during the English Civil War, noted for his role in key battles in Wales.
 E661234 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Horton | Statement: [Battle of St Fagans, commander, Thomas Horton]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Horton
Context triple: [Battle of St Fagans, commander, Thomas Horton]
  • A. Thomas Hooker
    Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.
  • B. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
  • C. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
  • D. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • E. Samuel Gorton
    Samuel Gorton was a 17th-century English-born religious dissenter and political leader in colonial New England, best known for founding the settlement that became Warwick, Rhode Island and advocating for religious liberty and separation from Puritan authority.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Horton
Target entity description: Thomas Horton was a Parliamentarian cavalry officer and military commander during the English Civil War, noted for his role in key battles in Wales.
  • A. Thomas Hooker
    Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.
  • B. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
  • C. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
  • D. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • E. Samuel Gorton
    Samuel Gorton was a 17th-century English-born religious dissenter and political leader in colonial New England, best known for founding the settlement that became Warwick, Rhode Island and advocating for religious liberty and separation from Puritan authority.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 Horton
Triple: [Battle of St Fagans, commander, Thomas Horton]
Generated description
Thomas Horton was a Parliamentarian cavalry officer and military commander during the English Civil War, noted for his role in key battles in Wales.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68a5f04188190ac266569c9280347 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f248f79c819094b1d1e2c3d511d1 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c81101dd448190bcf221f7625c9d34 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c8122513d88190ab12f649e8d0d59b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c811b681b48190a5161871f1f400f9 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.