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]
  • 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: [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.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
  • 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.