Triple

T17623731
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thom Hamilton E429776 entity
Predicate hasShortenedFormOfGivenName P118797 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English and many other languages.
E67625 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: [Thom Hamilton, hasShortenedFormOfGivenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Thom Hamilton, hasShortenedFormOfGivenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, was a 17th-century Italian nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy who played a significant role in the Thirty Years' War and related European conflicts.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Robert Bugeaud, a 19th-century French military officer and colonial administrator known for his role in the conquest of Algeria.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is a character in Simon Gray's stage play "Quartermaine's Terms," which explores the personal and professional lives of teachers at a 1960s Cambridge language school.
  • 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: [Thom Hamilton, hasShortenedFormOfGivenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English and many other languages.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English and many other languages.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of English actor Tom Sturridge, known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Malthus, the influential English economist and demographer known for his theories on population growth and resource limits.
  • F. None of above.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasShortenedFormOfGivenName
Context triple: [Thom Hamilton, hasShortenedFormOfGivenName, Thomas]
  • A. isShortFormOfMultiNames
    Indicates that one term is a shortened or abbreviated form corresponding to multiple different full names.
  • B. isShortName
    Indicates that one name is an abbreviated or shorter form of another name.
  • C. hasShortLatinName
    Indicates that an entity is associated with a brief or abbreviated Latin name.
  • D. isGivenNameFormOf
    Indicates that one name is a given-name variant or form derived from another name.
  • E. isShortenedVariantOf chosen
    Indicates that one form of an expression is a shortened or abbreviated version of another, longer form.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d889e37f308190a6aa0a69daff86c7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46dba664c81909dcaf44779db5565 completed April 19, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0223188bf881908eb3252fb1b897a1 completed May 11, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0225f7e07c81908d891884142896d8 completed May 11, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a022655e8dc8190a3db150e85d2a535 completed May 11, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e3cdd7da34819099bc9481c5a79bab completed April 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:52 a.m.