Triple

T1468183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomasville, North Carolina E27072 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object 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.
 E509215 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: John W. Thomas | Statement: [Thomasville, North Carolina, namedAfter, John W. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Thomas
Context triple: [Thomasville, North Carolina, namedAfter, John W. Thomas]
  • 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. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • C. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • D. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: John W. Thomas
Triple: [Thomasville, North Carolina, namedAfter, John W. Thomas]
Generated description
John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John W. Thomas
Target entity description: John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • 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. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • C. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • D. James A. Thomas
    James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a496d25d6881909dbd84f86d763992 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c5d70a948190b50a6c1b36abc740 completed March 1, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06886d748190b346a1f4cc2b6f10 completed March 21, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf09e14dac8190b71f77c74463ba35 completed March 21, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf0a31e2f881909fd9baa9a28ae343 completed March 21, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8:01 p.m.