Triple
T9093686
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles S. Thomas |
E217957
|
entity |
| Predicate | saidToBeTheSameAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Sparks Thomas
Charles Sparks Thomas was an American businessman and government official who served as United States Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration.
|
E778280
|
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: Charles Sparks Thomas | Statement: [Charles S. Thomas, saidToBeTheSameAs, Charles Sparks Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Sparks Thomas Context triple: [Charles S. Thomas, saidToBeTheSameAs, Charles Sparks Thomas]
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A.
G.E. Thomas
G.E. Thomas is an engineer and inventor best known for creating Manchester encoding, a widely used digital data transmission method.
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B.
Charles Thomas Dickerson
Charles Thomas Dickerson is the criminal defendant whose challenge to the admissibility of his confession led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dickerson v. United States, which reaffirmed the constitutional status of Miranda warnings.
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C.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore was an American historian and civic planner known for his influential writings on urban planning and his role in promoting the City Beautiful movement.
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D.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore was an influential American postmodern architect and educator known for his playful, human-centered public spaces and landmark designs such as the Piazza d'Italia and Sea Ranch.
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E.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore is a British journalist and biographer best known for serving as editor of major conservative publications and for his authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher.
- 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: Charles Sparks Thomas Triple: [Charles S. Thomas, saidToBeTheSameAs, Charles Sparks Thomas]
Generated description
Charles Sparks Thomas was an American businessman and government official who served as United States Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Sparks Thomas Target entity description: Charles Sparks Thomas was an American businessman and government official who served as United States Secretary of the Navy during the Eisenhower administration.
-
A.
G.E. Thomas
G.E. Thomas is an engineer and inventor best known for creating Manchester encoding, a widely used digital data transmission method.
-
B.
Charles Thomas Dickerson
Charles Thomas Dickerson is the criminal defendant whose challenge to the admissibility of his confession led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dickerson v. United States, which reaffirmed the constitutional status of Miranda warnings.
-
C.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore is a British journalist and biographer best known for serving as editor of major conservative publications and for his authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher.
-
D.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore was an influential American postmodern architect and educator known for his playful, human-centered public spaces and landmark designs such as the Piazza d'Italia and Sea Ranch.
-
E.
Charles Moore
Charles Moore was an American historian and civic planner known for his influential writings on urban planning and his role in promoting the City Beautiful movement.
- 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_69ca83d8ab5881909d8fddae363b32b1 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc96b347d4819085b33d0e20834f47 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d01803b0288190a86b544892d4b6ed |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d01c0f1f8c8190a7988a040a421e34 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 7:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d01c730b848190acbaf60f3a9d62bd |
completed | April 3, 2026, 8 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:14 p.m.