Triple
T7749360
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brock's Monument |
E175714
|
entity |
| Predicate | architect |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Thomas
William Thomas was a prominent 19th-century architect known for his influential work on major public monuments and buildings in Canada.
|
E686313
|
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: William Thomas | Statement: [Brock's Monument, architect, William Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Context triple: [Brock's Monument, architect, William Thomas]
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A.
John W. Thomas
John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
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B.
William Edwards
William Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who appeared in numerous silent and early sound films.
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C.
William Edwards
William Edwards was an 18th-century Welsh stonemason and bridge builder best known for his innovative arch bridges in South Wales.
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D.
John Thomas
John Thomas is an American cinematographer best known for his work on the Sex and the City television series and its film adaptations.
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E.
John Thomas
John Thomas is an author known for writing about the Predator franchise.
- 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: William Thomas Triple: [Brock's Monument, architect, William Thomas]
Generated description
William Thomas was a prominent 19th-century architect known for his influential work on major public monuments and buildings in Canada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Target entity description: William Thomas was a prominent 19th-century architect known for his influential work on major public monuments and buildings in Canada.
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A.
John W. Thomas
John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
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B.
William Edwards
William Edwards was an 18th-century Welsh stonemason and bridge builder best known for his innovative arch bridges in South Wales.
-
C.
William Edwards
William Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who appeared in numerous silent and early sound films.
-
D.
John Thomas
John Thomas is an American cinematographer best known for his work on the Sex and the City television series and its film adaptations.
-
E.
John Thomas
John Thomas is an author known for writing about the Predator franchise.
- 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_69c69960b3588190a53aa590d31d9544 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c703b13af08190b110104fe96ef91e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8be53b3788190a850ce1aaaac3aaa |
completed | March 29, 2026, 5:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8c235b1748190b6c17c5975e2eb9b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8c2f1dd508190853065d9e4e331b2 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.