Triple
T2596749
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thurman Thomas |
E58249
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thurman Lee Thomas
Thurman Lee Thomas is a former American football running back best known for his Hall of Fame career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
|
E281852
|
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: Thurman Lee Thomas | Statement: [Thurman Thomas, fullName, Thurman Lee Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurman Lee Thomas Context triple: [Thurman Thomas, fullName, Thurman Lee Thomas]
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A.
John Thomas
John Thomas is an American cinematographer best known for his work on the Sex and the City television series and its film adaptations.
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B.
Tommy Brown
Tommy Brown is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work with major pop and R&B artists such as Ariana Grande.
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C.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer best known for co-founding Witt/Thomas Productions and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls."
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D.
Lloyd Haynes
Lloyd Haynes was an American actor best known for his television work in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly for his role as a schoolteacher on the series "Room 222."
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E.
Charles Tyner
Charles Tyner was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television from the 1960s through the 1980s, often portraying stern or antagonistic authority figures.
- 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: Thurman Lee Thomas Triple: [Thurman Thomas, fullName, Thurman Lee Thomas]
Generated description
Thurman Lee Thomas is a former American football running back best known for his Hall of Fame career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurman Lee Thomas Target entity description: Thurman Lee Thomas is a former American football running back best known for his Hall of Fame career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
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A.
John Thomas
John Thomas is an American cinematographer best known for his work on the Sex and the City television series and its film adaptations.
-
B.
Tommy Brown
Tommy Brown is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work with major pop and R&B artists such as Ariana Grande.
-
C.
Tony Thomas
Tony Thomas is an American television and film producer best known for co-founding Witt/Thomas Productions and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls."
-
D.
Lloyd Haynes
Lloyd Haynes was an American actor best known for his television work in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly for his role as a schoolteacher on the series "Room 222."
-
E.
Charles Tyner
Charles Tyner was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and television from the 1960s through the 1980s, often portraying stern or antagonistic authority figures.
- 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_69ab4ac14040819098b13f4a27d5c8ff |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd42b3cd4819093b2cab78de1f66c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af83c798088190944e7d754aa9aa06 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af84a08ffc8190b113d07f3d322d0c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af85a052448190898ee1a2f8368122 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.