Triple

T280732
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Middleton E5347 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was an American planter and politician from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
E36401 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 Middleton | Statement: [Henry Middleton, child, Thomas Middleton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Middleton
Context triple: [Henry Middleton, child, Thomas Middleton]
  • A. James Shirley
    James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
  • B. Hugh Marlowe
    Hugh Marlowe was an American film, television, and stage actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century movies and popular TV series.
  • C. William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.
  • D. John Gay
    John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
  • E. John Vanbrugh
    John Vanbrugh was an English architect and dramatist best known for his bold, monumental Baroque designs and influential Restoration comedies.
  • 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 Middleton
Triple: [Henry Middleton, child, Thomas Middleton]
Generated description
Thomas Middleton was an American planter and politician from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Middleton
Target entity description: Thomas Middleton was an American planter and politician from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
  • A. James Shirley
    James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
  • B. Hugh Marlowe
    Hugh Marlowe was an American film, television, and stage actor best known for his roles in classic mid-20th-century movies and popular TV series.
  • C. William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.
  • D. John Gay
    John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
  • E. John Vanbrugh
    John Vanbrugh was an English architect and dramatist best known for his bold, monumental Baroque designs and influential Restoration comedies.
  • 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25e0868708190ad551ca06cc57f4a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a394a407588190a1f52821fe3b5fc7 completed March 1, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a395524c248190ba42ae1de870a598 completed March 1, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a395d7fc408190a1eb0fea0d0b2838 completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.