Triple

T21900409
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Riker E540792 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of Star Trek: The Next Generation character William T. Riker, used notably for his transporter-duplicate counterpart Thomas Riker.
 E1509249 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: [William Riker, middleName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [William Riker, 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 formal given name of Tom LaGarde, an American former professional basketball player.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Hislop, a British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars and in colonial India.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas de Quincey, the 19th-century English essayist best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."
  • 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: [William Riker, middleName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the middle name of Star Trek: The Next Generation character William T. Riker, used notably for his transporter-duplicate counterpart Thomas Riker.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the middle name of Star Trek: The Next Generation character William T. Riker, used notably for his transporter-duplicate counterpart Thomas Riker.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American astronaut Ken Mattingly, known for his role in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American actor Tom Skerritt, known for roles in films like "Alien" and "Top Gun."
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
  • 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_69e0c47b4e8c81908c8076eaa4c8e4f2 completed April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f11fca2bf88190b2a5b912aa102513 completed April 28, 2026, 8:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a60d77d248190af5ed145477059f7 completed May 18, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a619fa5048190a78af846d4576c46 completed May 18, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a62097c2c8190a223c257b4bbc28e completed May 18, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:07 p.m.