Triple

T8135245
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas "Babe" Levy E189953 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Thomas Levy
Thomas Levy is the fictional graduate student and long-distance runner protagonist of William Goldman’s thriller novel "Marathon Man."
 E714174 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 Levy | Statement: [Thomas "Babe" Levy, fullName, Thomas Levy]

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 Levy
Context triple: [Thomas "Babe" Levy, fullName, Thomas Levy]
  • A. David F. Levi
    David F. Levi is an American legal scholar and former federal judge who served as dean of Duke University School of Law.
  • B. Louis Levy
    Louis Levy was a prominent British film music director and composer known for his influential work on early 20th-century cinema scores.
  • C. Howard Stanton Levey
    Howard Stanton Levey, better known as Anton LaVey, was an American occultist, author, and musician who founded the Church of Satan and wrote The Satanic Bible.
  • D. Jim Levenstein
    Jim Levenstein is the awkward yet well-meaning protagonist of the American Pie film series, known for his embarrassing sexual mishaps and eventual journey into adulthood and family life.
  • E. Robert L. Levy
    Robert L. Levy is a film producer best known for his work on popular Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Wedding Crashers."
  • 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 Levy
Target entity description: Thomas Levy is the fictional graduate student and long-distance runner protagonist of William Goldman’s thriller novel "Marathon Man."
  • A. David F. Levi
    David F. Levi is an American legal scholar and former federal judge who served as dean of Duke University School of Law.
  • B. Louis Levy
    Louis Levy was a prominent British film music director and composer known for his influential work on early 20th-century cinema scores.
  • C. Howard Stanton Levey
    Howard Stanton Levey, better known as Anton LaVey, was an American occultist, author, and musician who founded the Church of Satan and wrote The Satanic Bible.
  • D. Jim Levenstein
    Jim Levenstein is the awkward yet well-meaning protagonist of the American Pie film series, known for his embarrassing sexual mishaps and eventual journey into adulthood and family life.
  • E. Robert L. Levy
    Robert L. Levy is a film producer best known for his work on popular Hollywood comedies, including the hit movie "Wedding Crashers."
  • 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 Levy
Triple: [Thomas "Babe" Levy, fullName, Thomas Levy]
Generated description
Thomas Levy is the fictional graduate student and long-distance runner protagonist of William Goldman’s thriller novel "Marathon Man."

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb43fff6e0819086c95b571272b50c ner completed
NED1 batch_69cc949065248190b67ba7aa2688903e ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cc970cf55c8190abf432ac68d6bbc3 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cc95c180188190a2d541e8ea9a4c57 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.