Triple
T8731929
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howell |
E207275
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Howell
Thomas Howell is a relatively common personal name that may refer to various individuals across different fields, such as politics, academia, or the arts.
|
E763968
|
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 Howell | Statement: [Howell, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Howell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Howell Context triple: [Howell, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Howell]
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A.
James Howell
James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles I of England.
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B.
Thomas Holbrook
Thomas Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with several public figures, including politicians and academics, making precise identification dependent on additional context.
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C.
Brutus Howell
Brutus Howell is a senior prison guard and close colleague of Paul Edgecombe in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile," known for his fairness and compassion toward death row inmates.
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D.
George Horton
George Horton was an English painter associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century Cullercoats artist colony, known for his coastal and maritime scenes.
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E.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
- 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 Howell Triple: [Howell, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Howell]
Generated description
Thomas Howell is a relatively common personal name that may refer to various individuals across different fields, such as politics, academia, or the arts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Howell Target entity description: Thomas Howell is a relatively common personal name that may refer to various individuals across different fields, such as politics, academia, or the arts.
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A.
James Howell
James Howell was a 17th-century Welsh writer and historian best known for his epistolary work "Familiar Letters" and for serving as historiographer royal to King Charles I of England.
-
B.
Thomas Holbrook
Thomas Holbrook is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with several public figures, including politicians and academics, making precise identification dependent on additional context.
-
C.
Brutus Howell
Brutus Howell is a senior prison guard and close colleague of Paul Edgecombe in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile," known for his fairness and compassion toward death row inmates.
-
D.
George Horton
George Horton was an English painter associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century Cullercoats artist colony, known for his coastal and maritime scenes.
-
E.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
- 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_69ca8358e4008190898471a59b96c301 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5d27efb88190b42d5bc9774d9c63 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfab4d5a2c81909494c119e1d80b4b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfac76d0f8819090c2bff520db52f4 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfad04e514819084bf30b8f026c031 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 12:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:37 p.m.