Triple

T11530355
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject TX-14 E273401 entity
Predicate previousNotableRepresentative P36758 FINISHED
Object Thomas L. Blanton
Thomas L. Blanton was an early 20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his long service in Congress and involvement in regional political affairs.
E1288177 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 L. Blanton | Statement: [TX-14, previousNotableRepresentative, Thomas L. Blanton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas L. Blanton
Context triple: [TX-14, previousNotableRepresentative, Thomas L. Blanton]
  • A. Alfred G. Karnes
    Alfred G. Karnes was an American gospel singer and Baptist preacher known for his powerful vocals and distinctive guitar-backed sacred recordings in the late 1920s.
  • B. Thomas S. Bullock
    Thomas S. Bullock was an American railroad entrepreneur best known for developing and leading the Sierra Railway of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Jack S. Blanton
    Jack S. Blanton was an American oil executive, civic leader, and philanthropist from Texas whose support for the arts and education led to major institutions, including a prominent university art museum, bearing his name.
  • D. Oscar E. Teagarden
    Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
  • E. John H. Traylor
    John H. Traylor was an American politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the late 19th century.
  • 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 L. Blanton
Triple: [TX-14, previousNotableRepresentative, Thomas L. Blanton]
Generated description
Thomas L. Blanton was an early 20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his long service in Congress and involvement in regional political affairs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas L. Blanton
Target entity description: Thomas L. Blanton was an early 20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his long service in Congress and involvement in regional political affairs.
  • A. Alfred G. Karnes
    Alfred G. Karnes was an American gospel singer and Baptist preacher known for his powerful vocals and distinctive guitar-backed sacred recordings in the late 1920s.
  • B. Thomas S. Bullock
    Thomas S. Bullock was an American railroad entrepreneur best known for developing and leading the Sierra Railway of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Jack S. Blanton
    Jack S. Blanton was an American oil executive, civic leader, and philanthropist from Texas whose support for the arts and education led to major institutions, including a prominent university art museum, bearing his name.
  • D. Oscar E. Teagarden
    Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
  • E. John H. Traylor
    John H. Traylor was an American politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the late 19th century.
  • 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_69d6aae3fbec8190a14632a5df2538b6 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8839878948190b170e64629d6f2db completed April 10, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a02f81d640081908917144f31227edd completed May 12, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a02f8ca36588190a1d5de8494777d61 completed May 12, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02f9de0ae48190816002a5d32718a1 completed May 12, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.