Triple
T8195441
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Seely Brown |
E191417
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas Thomas
Douglas Thomas is a scholar of media, technology, and learning, known for his work on digital culture and co-authoring influential books on how play and games shape education.
|
E718418
|
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: Douglas Thomas | Statement: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, Douglas Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Thomas Context triple: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, Douglas Thomas]
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A.
Patrick Crouse
Patrick Crouse is the father of American actress Zosia Mamet and the husband of writer and actress Lindsay Crouse.
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B.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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C.
Douglas Meyer
Douglas Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Wedding Singer."
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D.
K. Trevor Wilson
K. Trevor Wilson is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor best known for playing the character Squirrely Dan on the television series "Letterkenny."
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E.
Douglas Davenport
Douglas Davenport is a brilliant but morally ambiguous scientist and the primary antagonist-turned-ally in the Disney XD series "Lab Rats."
- 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: Douglas Thomas Triple: [John Seely Brown, coAuthor, Douglas Thomas]
Generated description
Douglas Thomas is a scholar of media, technology, and learning, known for his work on digital culture and co-authoring influential books on how play and games shape education.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Thomas Target entity description: Douglas Thomas is a scholar of media, technology, and learning, known for his work on digital culture and co-authoring influential books on how play and games shape education.
-
A.
Patrick Crouse
Patrick Crouse is the father of American actress Zosia Mamet and the husband of writer and actress Lindsay Crouse.
-
B.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
-
C.
Douglas Meyer
Douglas Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Wedding Singer."
-
D.
K. Trevor Wilson
K. Trevor Wilson is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor best known for playing the character Squirrely Dan on the television series "Letterkenny."
-
E.
Douglas Davenport
Douglas Davenport is a brilliant but morally ambiguous scientist and the primary antagonist-turned-ally in the Disney XD series "Lab Rats."
- 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_69ca82c6e9548190a4c5ca14516e4417 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb5c20fbd08190b9966e3c967e9c71 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccedaab8848190877fbe2de9b83957 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ccf1b706f08190993f4a75eac5f49c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd059457788190a900402ee4cd50d5 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:42 p.m.