Triple

T8179667
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Atkinson E191025 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Atkinson
Thomas Atkinson is a relatively common English personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as architecture, politics, and sports.
 E720345 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 Atkinson | Statement: [Atkinson, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Atkinson]

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 Atkinson
Context triple: [Atkinson, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Atkinson]
  • A. James Duddridge
    James Duddridge is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East and has held various ministerial roles, including in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • B. William Atherton
    William Atherton is an American character actor best known for playing arrogant and antagonistic authority figures in films such as Ghostbusters and Die Hard.
  • C. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • D. Ormond Beatty
    Ormond Beatty was a 19th-century American educator and academic administrator best known for serving as president of Centre College in Kentucky.
  • E. Thomas Allerton
    Thomas Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
  • 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 Atkinson
Target entity description: Thomas Atkinson is a relatively common English personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as architecture, politics, and sports.
  • A. James Duddridge
    James Duddridge is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East and has held various ministerial roles, including in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • B. William Atherton
    William Atherton is an American character actor best known for playing arrogant and antagonistic authority figures in films such as Ghostbusters and Die Hard.
  • C. John Gibbon
    John Gibbon was a 19th-century United States Army officer and Civil War general who later played a key role in the Indian Wars, including campaigns against the Nez Perce.
  • D. Ormond Beatty
    Ormond Beatty was a 19th-century American educator and academic administrator best known for serving as president of Centre College in Kentucky.
  • E. Thomas Allerton
    Thomas Allerton was a member of the Allerton family connected to early colonial American history through his brother, Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton.
  • 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 Atkinson
Triple: [Atkinson, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Atkinson]
Generated description
Thomas Atkinson is a relatively common English personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as architecture, politics, and sports.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb4abd9768819091298e4dd995ac96 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cd3489fd8c8190a919aff6e3b3df31 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cd4e9d362481908283d58b03c7ef9b ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cd36ef47e88190ae96ea2459552247 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.