Triple

T8170530
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sigrid Thornton E190804 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thornton
Thornton is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
 E716034 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: Thornton | Statement: [Sigrid Thornton, familyName, Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thornton
Context triple: [Sigrid Thornton, familyName, Thornton]
  • A. Thornton
    Thornton is a residential and industrial suburb in the Maitland local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
  • B. Thornton
    Thornton is the surname of Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known as Pusha T, an American rapper and record executive.
  • C. Thornton
    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and rail junction and now as a small residential community near Glenrothes.
  • D. Thornton
    Thornton is a suburban city in the Denver metropolitan area of Colorado, known for its planned residential communities and rapid population growth.
  • E. Thornton
    Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
  • 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: Thornton
Triple: [Sigrid Thornton, familyName, Thornton]
Generated description
Thornton is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thornton
Target entity description: Thornton is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, politics, and sports.
  • A. Thornton
    Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
  • B. Thornton
    Thornton is the surname of Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known as Pusha T, an American rapper and record executive.
  • C. Thornton
    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and rail junction and now as a small residential community near Glenrothes.
  • D. Thornton
    Thornton is a settlement that serves as the community associated with the GLT locality or facility.
  • E. Thornton
    Thornton is a suburban city in the Denver metropolitan area of Colorado, known for its planned residential communities and rapid population growth.
  • 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4803de688190960438aa059d163b completed March 31, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf5cfd588190b12ef9b5799ffd88 completed April 1, 2026, 6:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc312a8608190b899394752ef375f completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd84893488190ae5376524650d5c4 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:39 p.m.