Triple

T9959983
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Earl Thomas E195542 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
E251923 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: [Earl Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Earl Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
  • A. John
    John is the husband of Martha Rainsborough.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of Colonel John Quincy, an American military officer and politician after whom John Quincy Adams was named.
  • C. John
    John is the given name of John Henry Patterson, an American industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company.
  • D. John
    John is the first name of J. Michael Luttig, a prominent American conservative jurist and former federal appellate judge.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of Sir John Woodville, a 15th-century English nobleman associated with the influential Woodville family during the Wars of the Roses.
  • 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: [Earl Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of English actor Tom Sturridge, known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of English actor Tom Courtenay, a prominent figure in British cinema and theatre since the 1960s.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
  • 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_69ca82eaaa008190a54fa1a9f954b9ad completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb6d08fdc8190a77b9c97830035bc completed April 2, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d269ef79548190ac87851efffa3f12 completed April 5, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d26b3e1b948190a76cf7ad91a1e0a5 completed April 5, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d26c0c9ee88190867f8531e9ffbf27 completed April 5, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:46 p.m.