Triple

T8157207
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nigel Kneale E190479 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the first name of British screenwriter and novelist Nigel Kneale, best known for creating the Quatermass science-fiction series.
 E717125 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 | Statement: [Nigel Kneale, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Nigel Kneale, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, a prominent 17th-century English statesman and politician.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Old Tom Morris, the 19th-century Scottish golfer regarded as a pioneer and four-time Open Championship winner.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, a prominent 18th-century British Whig statesman and prime minister.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Frankland, a titled member of the British Frankland family.
  • 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
Triple: [Nigel Kneale, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the first name of British screenwriter and novelist Nigel Kneale, best known for creating the Quatermass science-fiction series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the first name of British screenwriter and novelist Nigel Kneale, best known for creating the Quatermass science-fiction series.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of English actor Tom Courtenay, a prominent figure in British cinema and theatre since the 1960s.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Tom Savini, the renowned American special effects makeup artist, actor, and director known for his groundbreaking work in horror films.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cranmer, the 16th-century Archbishop of Canterbury and a leading figure in the English Reformation.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of T. F. O'Rahilly, an Irish scholar known for his influential work in Celtic studies and Irish linguistics.
  • 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_69ca82bfeb6481909d07b91b5cf69f59 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb44da14a481909f8d3277762b0e75 completed March 31, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbdf7679881909a14c4786c8e3e76 completed April 1, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc311d4e8819080f4aeef8ee7dc3b completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd81bebf8819081b3c4efa5a9ef93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:37 p.m.