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]
  • 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
  • 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.