Triple

T8995166
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Thomas Sampson E214885 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of William Thomas Sampson, a notable United States Navy rear admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
 E329311 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 | Statement: [William Thomas Sampson, middleName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [William Thomas Sampson, middleName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, a prominent 17th-century English statesman and politician.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Old Tom Morris, the 19th-century Scottish golfer regarded as a pioneer and four-time Open Championship winner.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, a prominent 18th-century British Whig statesman and prime minister.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Frankland, a titled member of the British Frankland family.
  • 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
Triple: [William Thomas Sampson, middleName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the middle name of William Thomas Sampson, a notable United States Navy rear admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the middle name of William Thomas Sampson, a notable United States Navy rear admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas C. Kinkaid, a prominent U.S. Navy admiral who served in the Pacific during World War II.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of Edward Thomas Wailes, an American diplomat.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a renowned British naval officer and radical politician of the 19th century.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson, a prominent military leader during the American Civil War.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc68ddff288190869731df2c178ff6 completed April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd08dbf8081908d0cacc968dd0a7d completed April 3, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd49a4f888190a0967823bac948fa completed April 3, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd4e74f988190a277e7da6b5fed8f completed April 3, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.