Triple
T21307331
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Holliday Hicks |
E525232
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Holliday Hicks |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Holliday Hicks | Statement: [Thomas Holliday Hicks, name, Thomas Holliday Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Holliday Hicks Context triple: [Thomas Holliday Hicks, name, Thomas Holliday Hicks]
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A.
William Melvin Hicks
William Melvin Hicks was an influential American stand-up comedian and social critic known for his dark humor, philosophical insights, and sharp commentary on politics, religion, and consumer culture.
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B.
Thomas Hicks
chosen
Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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C.
John Randolph Tucker
John Randolph Tucker was a 19th-century American lawyer, law professor, and Democratic politician who served as Attorney General of Virginia and later as a U.S. Representative.
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D.
Hugh McCracken
Hugh McCracken was an American session guitarist and harmonica player renowned for his work with major artists such as Paul McCartney, Steely Dan, and Aretha Franklin.
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E.
William Asa Hutchinson
William Asa Hutchinson, commonly known as Asa Hutchinson, is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th governor of Arkansas and has been active in national Republican politics.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b518b8948190ad69cf9a8784d397 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e75aa69b40819081e74c042e7cd105 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:05 p.m.