Triple
T21032269
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard Thomas |
E518092
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Earl Thomas
Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
|
E1464036
|
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: Richard Earl Thomas | Statement: [Richard Thomas, birthName, Richard Earl Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Earl Thomas Context triple: [Richard Thomas, birthName, Richard Earl Thomas]
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A.
Richard H. Thomas
Richard H. Thomas was an American background artist and layout designer best known for his work on classic Warner Bros. animated cartoons.
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B.
Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas is the protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction short story “The Million-Year Picnic,” a father who leads his family to Mars to escape a troubled Earth and begin a new life.
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C.
Andrew Thomas
Andrew Thomas is an Australian-born NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including long-duration stays on the Mir space station.
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D.
Carl Thompson
Carl Thompson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the R&B track "Soon as I Get Home."
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E.
Don Thompson
Don Thompson is an actor known for his role in the horror-comedy film "Slither."
- 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: Richard Earl Thomas Triple: [Richard Thomas, birthName, Richard Earl Thomas]
Generated description
Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Earl Thomas Target entity description: Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as John-Boy Walton on the television series "The Waltons."
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A.
Richard H. Thomas
Richard H. Thomas was an American background artist and layout designer best known for his work on classic Warner Bros. animated cartoons.
-
B.
Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas is the protagonist of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction short story “The Million-Year Picnic,” a father who leads his family to Mars to escape a troubled Earth and begin a new life.
-
C.
Andrew Thomas
Andrew Thomas is an Australian-born NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, including long-duration stays on the Mir space station.
-
D.
Carl Thompson
Carl Thompson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the R&B track "Soon as I Get Home."
-
E.
Don Thompson
Don Thompson is an actor known for his role in the horror-comedy film "Slither."
- 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_69e0b503275c8190afd9a163f997c709 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6fc82b5348190b449d59e6cada9de |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a094747bcec8190beadedbe6dde96d0 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a094a3eaef881908083e8f7e03f4f07 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a094aa6baf8819088ccc84f41640bf6 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:56 p.m.