Triple

T17040951
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Tomasello E413444 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tomasello
Tomasello is the surname of Michael Tomasello, an influential American developmental and comparative psychologist known for his work on language acquisition and the evolution of human cognition.
E1247506 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: Tomasello | Statement: [Michael Tomasello, familyName, Tomasello]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tomasello
Context triple: [Michael Tomasello, familyName, Tomasello]
  • A. Tomas
    Tomas is a masculine given name commonly used in various European and Latin American countries, often equivalent to "Thomas" in English.
  • B. Thagard
    Thagard is the surname of Norman E. Thagard, an American physician, former NASA astronaut, and the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • C. Emil
    Emil is the given name of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the renowned Finnish military leader and statesman who served as President of Finland.
  • D. Emil
    Emil is a fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's novel "Jo's Boys," where he appears as one of the next generation of Plumfield children whose adult lives and adventures are followed.
  • E. Emil
    Emil is a masculine given name used in various European languages, often associated with Latin and Germanic origins.
  • 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: Tomasello
Triple: [Michael Tomasello, familyName, Tomasello]
Generated description
Tomasello is the surname of Michael Tomasello, an influential American developmental and comparative psychologist known for his work on language acquisition and the evolution of human cognition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tomasello
Target entity description: Tomasello is the surname of Michael Tomasello, an influential American developmental and comparative psychologist known for his work on language acquisition and the evolution of human cognition.
  • A. Tomas
    Tomas is a masculine given name commonly used in various European and Latin American countries, often equivalent to "Thomas" in English.
  • B. Thagard
    Thagard is the surname of Norman E. Thagard, an American physician, former NASA astronaut, and the first American to fly on a Russian spacecraft.
  • C. Emil
    Emil is the given name of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the renowned Finnish military leader and statesman who served as President of Finland.
  • D. Emil
    Emil is a fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's novel "Jo's Boys," where he appears as one of the next generation of Plumfield children whose adult lives and adventures are followed.
  • E. Emil
    Emil is a given name notably borne by Emile Berliner, the German-American inventor best known for developing the gramophone and flat disc record.
  • 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_69d886cd18288190b006abab23f811b7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d8f6a0c08190a838279b83b55b72 completed April 18, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a012338a95c8190951db96209edb61a completed May 11, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01241510048190ae1c459873f8a587 completed May 11, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0124e389908190b2ee3121be2c9383 completed May 11, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.