Triple
T11397128
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Governor of Plymouth Colony |
E270005
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHolder |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Thomas |
E862482
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Thomas | Statement: [Governor of Plymouth Colony, officeHolder, William Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Context triple: [Governor of Plymouth Colony, officeHolder, William Thomas]
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A.
William Thomas
chosen
William Thomas was an early settler and prominent figure in the Plymouth Colony town of Marshfield in 17th-century New England.
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B.
William Thomas
William Thomas was a prominent 19th-century architect known for his influential work on major public monuments and buildings in Canada.
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C.
John W. Thomas
John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
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D.
William Edwards
William Edwards was an 18th-century Welsh stonemason and bridge builder best known for his innovative arch bridges in South Wales.
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E.
William Edwards
William Edwards is known primarily as the son of Austrian-American character actor Snitz Edwards, who appeared in numerous silent and early sound films.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d80019d3d48190a2f473deb6eae33a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5e8cc338081908da977b5b7c6bef3 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.