Triple
T7836939
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John R. Thomson |
E181711
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward Thomson
Edward Thomson was the son of American politician John R. Thomson and a member of the prominent Thomson family of New Jersey.
|
E698797
|
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: Edward Thomson | Statement: [John R. Thomson, father, Edward Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Thomson Context triple: [John R. Thomson, father, Edward Thomson]
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A.
Robert Thomson
Robert Thomson is an Australian media executive and journalist best known as the chief executive officer of News Corp and former editor of The Wall Street Journal.
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B.
Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
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C.
Edward Thompson
Edward Thompson was a British railway engineer best known for serving as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway during the 1940s, where he oversaw the design and rebuilding of steam locomotives.
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D.
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
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E.
Ross Thomson
Ross Thomson is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 2017 to 2019.
- 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: Edward Thomson Triple: [John R. Thomson, father, Edward Thomson]
Generated description
Edward Thomson was the son of American politician John R. Thomson and a member of the prominent Thomson family of New Jersey.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Thomson Target entity description: Edward Thomson was the son of American politician John R. Thomson and a member of the prominent Thomson family of New Jersey.
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A.
Robert Thomson
Robert Thomson is an Australian media executive and journalist best known as the chief executive officer of News Corp and former editor of The Wall Street Journal.
-
B.
Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
-
C.
Edward Thompson
Edward Thompson was a British railway engineer best known for serving as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway during the 1940s, where he oversaw the design and rebuilding of steam locomotives.
-
D.
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
-
E.
Ross Thomson
Ross Thomson is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 2017 to 2019.
- 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_69ca8284a25c8190a1a20afad30da792 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb14c203b4819099c039c617628927 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 12:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cb5aad325c8190bced57e8380bc729 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cb762dd8348190bf74be4e7f5df1e7 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cbb24068908190977b266366e5ceea |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:46 p.m.