Triple

T2596751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thurman Thomas E58249 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is a common English surname shared by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
 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: [Thurman Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Thurman Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of Tom Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback widely regarded as one of the greatest players in American football history.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, a prominent 17th-century English statesman and politician.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Diamond Pitt, likely used as his personal or first name.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of Slade Gorton, an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Washington.
  • 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: [Thurman Thomas, familyName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is a common English surname shared by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is a common English surname shared by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • 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 full given name of Tom Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback widely regarded as one of the greatest players in American football history.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, a prominent 17th-century English statesman and politician.
  • 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 (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_69af907835188190914a241e8bdf0d4f completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af90f63dac8190b3282b5029d22fab completed March 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af918e7b50819082f37f9cdb3271a2 completed March 10, 2026, 3:35 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.