Triple
T9996787
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tommy Chong |
E197221
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy Chong, the Canadian-American comedian, actor, and cannabis rights advocate best known as half of the Cheech & Chong duo.
|
E835756
|
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: [Tommy Chong, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tommy Chong, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
John
John is the husband of Martha Rainsborough.
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B.
John
John is the given name of Colonel John Quincy, an American military officer and politician after whom John Quincy Adams was named.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Henry Patterson, an American industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company.
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D.
John
John is the first name of J. Michael Luttig, a prominent American conservative jurist and former federal appellate judge.
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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: [Tommy Chong, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy Chong, the Canadian-American comedian, actor, and cannabis rights advocate best known as half of the Cheech & Chong duo.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the given first name of Tommy Chong, the Canadian-American comedian, actor, and cannabis rights advocate best known as half of the Cheech & Chong duo.
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American actor and comedian Chris Parnell, known for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock."
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of the American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits.
- 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_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, 8:51 p.m.