Triple

T10241267
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fats Waller E243597 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Fats Waller, the influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and entertainer of the early 20th century.
E853483 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: [Fats Waller, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Fats Waller, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. John
    John Seigenthaler was an American journalist, editor, and civil rights advocate best known for his long tenure at The Tennessean and his work promoting First Amendment rights.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John Vlissides, a software engineer best known as one of the “Gang of Four” authors of the influential book *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software*.
  • C. 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.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of Lord Eldon, a prominent British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor in the early 19th century.
  • E. John
    John Bacon was a 19th-century American politician who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
  • 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: [Fats Waller, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given name of Fats Waller, the influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and entertainer of the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of Fats Waller, the influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and entertainer of the early 20th century.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of American jazz trombonist and big band leader Tommy Dorsey, a prominent figure of the swing era.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of the American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for his influential protest and contemporary folk songs.
  • 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 renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
  • 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_69d381b0f97c819085c9b45799a5fb7c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d21f2ae0819098ac60c828dc9cae completed April 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6f6ffefb881908296481343fb7ad3 completed April 9, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6fa2f7a848190a9de5de4d0f3f110 completed April 9, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6fcbab3ec8190ade1c0223c22ad58 completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:24 a.m.