Triple
T14467481
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tommy DeBarge |
E358750
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
|
E1104691
|
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: [Tommy DeBarge, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tommy DeBarge, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament, remembered for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas Einstein is an American anesthesiologist and great-grandson of physicist Albert Einstein.
- 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: [Tommy DeBarge, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Thom Bell, the influential Jamaican-born American record producer, arranger, and songwriter known for shaping the Philadelphia soul sound.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of American bassist, record producer, and session musician Tommy Cogbill, known for his influential work in soul, R&B, and country music.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tommy Chong, the Canadian-American comedian, actor, and cannabis rights advocate best known as half of the Cheech & Chong duo.
- 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_69d827966698819082e140837737501d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de91f8613c819080424104c0b7f4c3 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd7a3bade48190a4608ca46f5f558a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd7d4949b88190a81573cb03867912 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd7da1b73081908062306000a0fd22 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:19 a.m.