Triple

T12420385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sybil Thorndike E296751 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Frank Thorndike
Frank Thorndike was a British actor and the brother of renowned stage actress Sybil Thorndike.
E983027 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: Frank Thorndike | Statement: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Frank Thorndike]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Thorndike
Context triple: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Frank Thorndike]
  • A. Russell Thorndike
    Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
  • B. Edward L. Thorndike
    Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
  • C. Clark L. Hull
    Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
  • D. Murray Sidman
    Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
  • E. Edward C. Tolman
    Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
  • 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: Frank Thorndike
Triple: [Sybil Thorndike, sibling, Frank Thorndike]
Generated description
Frank Thorndike was a British actor and the brother of renowned stage actress Sybil Thorndike.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Thorndike
Target entity description: Frank Thorndike was a British actor and the brother of renowned stage actress Sybil Thorndike.
  • A. Russell Thorndike
    Russell Thorndike was an English actor and novelist best known for creating the popular "Doctor Syn" series of historical adventure novels.
  • B. Edward L. Thorndike
    Edward L. Thorndike was an American psychologist and pioneer in educational psychology and learning theory, best known for his work on animal intelligence and the formulation of the law of effect.
  • C. Clark L. Hull
    Clark L. Hull was an influential American psychologist best known for his drive-reduction theory and pioneering work in behaviorism and learning.
  • D. Murray Sidman
    Murray Sidman was an American behavioral psychologist best known for his pioneering work in experimental analysis of behavior and the development of the Sidman avoidance procedure.
  • E. Edward C. Tolman
    Edward C. Tolman was an American psychologist known for his pioneering work in cognitive behaviorism, especially his concept of cognitive maps and purposive behavior in animals.
  • 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_69d6ada0640c81908c061d7fb3d47786 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94d6efd748190a5d9396a343e41e1 completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f0265fc81909a6288d11b78c2f9 completed May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6403711bc8190b214d4b06792a538 completed May 2, 2026, 6:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f640f543c08190b95b16a8909eebf8 completed May 2, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:55 p.m.