Triple

T22924959
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Viaduct E569276 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Philip E. Thomas
Philip E. Thomas was an early American railroad executive best known as the first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
 E1579192 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: Philip E. Thomas | Statement: [Thomas Viaduct, namedAfter, Philip E. Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Philip E. Thomas
Context triple: [Thomas Viaduct, namedAfter, Philip E. Thomas]
  • A. John W. Thomas
    John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • B. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • C. Donald A. Thomas
    Donald A. Thomas is an American astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, conducting scientific research in microgravity.
  • D. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • E. Peter G. Thompson
    Peter G. Thompson is an actor known for his role in the Australian short film "I Love Sarah Jane."
  • 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: Philip E. Thomas
Triple: [Thomas Viaduct, namedAfter, Philip E. Thomas]
Generated description
Philip E. Thomas was an early American railroad executive best known as the first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Philip E. Thomas
Target entity description: Philip E. Thomas was an early American railroad executive best known as the first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • A. John W. Thomas
    John W. Thomas was a prominent local figure and early railroad or civic leader after whom the city of Thomasville, North Carolina, was named.
  • B. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • C. Donald A. Thomas
    Donald A. Thomas is an American astronaut and engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions, conducting scientific research in microgravity.
  • D. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • E. Peter G. Thompson
    Peter G. Thompson is an actor known for his role in the Australian short film "I Love Sarah Jane."
  • 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_69e2458f7d008190901dccbaebeaba24 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f180d84fc08190b747c3f9052c657a completed April 29, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4c6417ec8190b4bcf39b5bb3f9e6 completed May 19, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4e0220308190bbab2c2d1a2dac1e completed May 19, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c4e80b314819085639a0f6c22872d completed May 19, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:43 p.m.