Triple
T22108630
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas E. Watson |
E546356
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: [Thomas E. Watson, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Thomas E. Watson, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of Tom LaGarde, an American former professional basketball player.
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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.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
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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.
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-speaking countries and historically associated with Christian and Western cultural traditions.
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A.
Thomas
chosen
Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
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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.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of Tom Harmon, the famed American football player and sportscaster.
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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."
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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.
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_69e11e378dc08190896d6a51597afd5a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1291b9c988190b3ddd06d1f40dc78 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:30 p.m.