Triple

T20230433
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Thomas Bell E495505 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a given name of Aramaic origin commonly used in many English-speaking and European cultures.
E67625 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: [James Thomas Bell, middleName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [James Thomas Bell, middleName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a prominent 19th-century British peer and landowner.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of former NFL quarterback Tommy Maddox, who notably played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and won the 2001 XFL championship.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
  • 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: [James Thomas Bell, middleName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a given name of Aramaic origin commonly used in many English-speaking and European cultures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a given name of Aramaic origin commonly used in many English-speaking and European cultures.
  • 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 name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of English actor Tom Sturridge, known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
  • F. None of above.

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_69da626cff80819097b530718a7c98b6 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66fdce9d081909752a6a1e15283ba completed April 20, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a084b8c7c9881908f724d10c915963a completed May 16, 2026, 10:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a084c041b5c8190881a6d08c4afe42f completed May 16, 2026, 10:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a084c7dee808190a0883f7f0c7873a9 completed May 16, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:39 p.m.