Triple

T7826494
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Veale E181257 entity
Predicate hasNameVariant P457 FINISHED
Object Thomas Veal
Thomas Veal is an individual whose name appears in records with the variant spelling Thomas Veale.
 E703553 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 Veal | Statement: [Thomas Veale, hasNameVariant, Thomas Veal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Veal
Context triple: [Thomas Veale, hasNameVariant, Thomas Veal]
  • A. Garth Fagan
    Garth Fagan is a Jamaican-born American choreographer renowned for his innovative, Afro-Caribbean–infused modern dance style and his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway.
  • B. Thomas McBean
    Thomas McBean was an 18th-century British architect known for his work on notable ecclesiastical buildings in London.
  • C. Alan Smyth
    Alan Smyth is an American actor and musician best known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as for his former marriage to actress Beth Riesgraf.
  • D. Joe Ahearne
    Joe Ahearne is a British television director and screenwriter best known for his work on the revived Doctor Who series and the supernatural drama Ultraviolet.
  • E. Ed McHugh
    Ed McHugh is a relative of American character actor Frank McHugh, who was known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and theater.
  • 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 Veal
Triple: [Thomas Veale, hasNameVariant, Thomas Veal]
Generated description
Thomas Veal is an individual whose name appears in records with the variant spelling Thomas Veale.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Veal
Target entity description: Thomas Veal is an individual whose name appears in records with the variant spelling Thomas Veale.
  • A. Garth Fagan
    Garth Fagan is a Jamaican-born American choreographer renowned for his innovative, Afro-Caribbean–infused modern dance style and his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway.
  • B. Thomas McBean
    Thomas McBean was an 18th-century British architect known for his work on notable ecclesiastical buildings in London.
  • C. Alan Smyth
    Alan Smyth is an American actor and musician best known for his work in film, television, and theater, as well as for his former marriage to actress Beth Riesgraf.
  • D. Joe Ahearne
    Joe Ahearne is a British television director and screenwriter best known for his work on the revived Doctor Who series and the supernatural drama Ultraviolet.
  • E. Ed McHugh
    Ed McHugh is a relative of American character actor Frank McHugh, who was known for his prolific work in early 20th-century film and theater.
  • 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_69ca8282ccec819083c48efb72d21cf9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb04a7f3b8819080f8a8283d6118fb completed March 30, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cbdee0fddc819086a5736f1a709865 completed March 31, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cbe4cf113481908877091f21607978 completed March 31, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc33163ac8819090ec53058a78ef13 completed March 31, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:43 p.m.