Triple
T9996786
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tommy Chong |
E197221
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas B. Kin Chong
Thomas B. Kin Chong, better known as Tommy Chong, is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, and musician famous for his cannabis-themed Cheech & Chong comedy duo and films.
|
E834607
|
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 B. Kin Chong | Statement: [Tommy Chong, birthName, Thomas B. Kin Chong]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas B. Kin Chong Context triple: [Tommy Chong, birthName, Thomas B. Kin Chong]
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A.
John M. Y. Lee
John M. Y. Lee is an American architect known for designing major civic and institutional buildings, including the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C.
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B.
Charles C. Tan
Charles C. Tan was a notable benefactor and alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, for whom the university’s chemical engineering building, Tan Hall, is named.
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C.
Wittman Ah Sing
Wittman Ah Sing is the Chinese American, Beat-influenced aspiring writer and performance artist who serves as the central, self-mythologizing figure in Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel *Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book*.
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D.
Ben Ngai-Cheung Lee
Ben Ngai-Cheung Lee is a screenwriter known for his work in film and television, contributing to contemporary scripted storytelling.
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E.
Poy Gum Lee
Poy Gum Lee was a Chinese-American architect known for blending modernist design with traditional Chinese elements in prominent early 20th-century projects in China and the United States.
- 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 B. Kin Chong Triple: [Tommy Chong, birthName, Thomas B. Kin Chong]
Generated description
Thomas B. Kin Chong, better known as Tommy Chong, is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, and musician famous for his cannabis-themed Cheech & Chong comedy duo and films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas B. Kin Chong Target entity description: Thomas B. Kin Chong, better known as Tommy Chong, is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, and musician famous for his cannabis-themed Cheech & Chong comedy duo and films.
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A.
John M. Y. Lee
John M. Y. Lee is an American architect known for designing major civic and institutional buildings, including the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C.
-
B.
Charles C. Tan
Charles C. Tan was a notable benefactor and alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, for whom the university’s chemical engineering building, Tan Hall, is named.
-
C.
Wittman Ah Sing
Wittman Ah Sing is the Chinese American, Beat-influenced aspiring writer and performance artist who serves as the central, self-mythologizing figure in Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel *Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book*.
-
D.
Ben Ngai-Cheung Lee
Ben Ngai-Cheung Lee is a screenwriter known for his work in film and television, contributing to contemporary scripted storytelling.
-
E.
Poy Gum Lee
Poy Gum Lee was a Chinese-American architect known for blending modernist design with traditional Chinese elements in prominent early 20th-century projects in China and the United States.
- 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_69ca82f3b61c81908ecc2c1c96dbc2e4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdcb9af6a88190942cc4991bd373c1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:51 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2583bd6948190b15a97187e81d958 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2594b5e5081908f7cc4af4d10b4a8 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d25a30ad98819084dcd305e709c34d |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:48 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:51 p.m.