Triple

T23319689
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject the Whiz Kids E591117 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Charles B. “Tex” Thornton
Charles B. “Tex” Thornton was an American business executive and former U.S. Army statistical control officer who co-founded the famed “Whiz Kids” group and later led Litton Industries to prominence.
E1580684 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: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton | Statement: [the Whiz Kids, hasMember, Charles B. “Tex” Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton
Context triple: [the Whiz Kids, hasMember, Charles B. “Tex” Thornton]
  • A. Ted Mullens
    Ted Mullens is a kind-hearted veterinarian and love interest of Alexis Rose on the Canadian television sitcom "Schitt's Creek."
  • B. Tex Thompson
    Tex Thompson is a Golden Age adventure hero from DC Comics, introduced as a patriotic crime-fighter in early issues of Action Comics.
  • C. Bobby Carmichael
    Bobby Carmichael is a central character on the sitcom "The Carmichael Show," portrayed as Jerrod Carmichael’s outspoken and often comedic brother.
  • D. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • E. Leroy Moore
    Leroy Moore was the husband of pioneering African-American film and television actress Louise Beavers, known primarily in relation to her life and career.
  • 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: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton
Triple: [the Whiz Kids, hasMember, Charles B. “Tex” Thornton]
Generated description
Charles B. “Tex” Thornton was an American business executive and former U.S. Army statistical control officer who co-founded the famed “Whiz Kids” group and later led Litton Industries to prominence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton
Target entity description: Charles B. “Tex” Thornton was an American business executive and former U.S. Army statistical control officer who co-founded the famed “Whiz Kids” group and later led Litton Industries to prominence.
  • A. Ted Mullens
    Ted Mullens is a kind-hearted veterinarian and love interest of Alexis Rose on the Canadian television sitcom "Schitt's Creek."
  • B. Tex Thompson
    Tex Thompson is a Golden Age adventure hero from DC Comics, introduced as a patriotic crime-fighter in early issues of Action Comics.
  • C. Bobby Carmichael
    Bobby Carmichael is a central character on the sitcom "The Carmichael Show," portrayed as Jerrod Carmichael’s outspoken and often comedic brother.
  • D. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • E. Leroy Moore
    Leroy Moore was the husband of pioneering African-American film and television actress Louise Beavers, known primarily in relation to her life and career.
  • 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_69e25d1effe4819096907f95f610dbff completed April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1978440888190b316664812105d60 completed April 29, 2026, 5:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c4ca7d6b48190b3dbdc716333bb8f completed May 19, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c4fe862988190822c9ed08b8cf3cc completed May 19, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c50888584819087cce519563da170 completed May 19, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:07 p.m.