Triple
T8140620
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress |
E190085
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Thomson
John Thomson was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
|
E712229
|
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: John Thomson | Statement: [South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress, hasMember, John Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Thomson Context triple: [South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress, hasMember, John Thomson]
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A.
John Thomson (photographer)
John Thomson (photographer) was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish photographer best known for his groundbreaking documentary images of Asia and his influential social photography of Victorian London.
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B.
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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C.
Edward Thomson
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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D.
G.C. Cameron
G.C. Cameron is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his work with Motown, including his time as a lead vocalist with groups like The Spinners and later The Temptations, as well as for his solo recordings.
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E.
Edwin Broun
Edwin Broun Fred was an American bacteriologist and academic who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the mid-20th century.
- 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: John Thomson Triple: [South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress, hasMember, John Thomson]
Generated description
John Thomson was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Thomson Target entity description: John Thomson was an American statesman from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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A.
John Thomson (photographer)
John Thomson (photographer) was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish photographer best known for his groundbreaking documentary images of Asia and his influential social photography of Victorian London.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Edward Thomson
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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D.
G.C. Cameron
G.C. Cameron is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his work with Motown, including his time as a lead vocalist with groups like The Spinners and later The Temptations, as well as for his solo recordings.
-
E.
Edwin Broun
Edwin Broun Fred was an American bacteriologist and academic who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the mid-20th century.
- 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_69ca82bd9900819099477cdc2eb4244f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4404e5308190a323485701f09d86 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc94a3fb348190ab8895a7344f964e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc95c228c08190a603c1dff44ff299 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc96b02d38819085eb51c1943b3045 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:36 p.m.