Triple

T1127818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject 145th Street Bridge E24759 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object Theodore E. Thomson
Theodore E. Thomson was an engineer and bridge designer best known for his work on New York City's 145th Street Bridge.
 E444584 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: Theodore E. Thomson | Statement: [145th Street Bridge, designedBy, Theodore E. Thomson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore E. Thomson
Context triple: [145th Street Bridge, designedBy, Theodore E. Thomson]
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • C. William A. Wheeler
    William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • D. Francis W. Sears
    Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
  • E. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • 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: Theodore E. Thomson
Triple: [145th Street Bridge, designedBy, Theodore E. Thomson]
Generated description
Theodore E. Thomson was an engineer and bridge designer best known for his work on New York City's 145th Street Bridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Theodore E. Thomson
Target entity description: Theodore E. Thomson was an engineer and bridge designer best known for his work on New York City's 145th Street Bridge.
  • A. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • B. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • C. William A. Wheeler
    William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
  • D. Francis W. Sears
    Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
  • E. William E. Nickerson
    William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
  • 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbdd39b88190bf46de38818fe2df completed March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b65ef41040819092943009497c2000 completed March 15, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6611845ac8190b83b0c864bb4911c completed March 15, 2026, 7:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b66180aad08190947988111132dddf completed March 15, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.