Triple

T22969744
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ross Thomas E571150 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
E251923 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: [Ross Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Ross Thomas, familyName, 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 full given name of American football coach Tom Cable, known for his roles as an NFL head coach and offensive line coach.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of British screenwriter and novelist Nigel Kneale, best known for creating the Quatermass science-fiction series.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is a character in Simon Gray's stage play "Quartermaine's Terms," which explores the personal and professional lives of teachers at a 1960s Cambridge language school.
  • 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: [Ross Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals across various fields.
  • A. Thomas chosen
    Thomas is a common surname of English and Welsh origin, derived from the given name Thomas and borne by numerous notable individuals worldwide.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is a common masculine given name of Aramaic origin, widely used in English-speaking and many other cultures.
  • C. 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.
  • 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."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of the renowned English Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis, celebrated for his sacred choral music.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e245b2c6548190a0e4c7f2f7df2d48 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18231459881909dd25a0630c494d8 completed April 29, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bca1027948190be094e0625b92b2e completed May 19, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bcde52c1c81908a2202b6514536a4 completed May 19, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bce4a1b448190a06944433ded563f completed May 19, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:48 p.m.