Triple

T3095449
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William T. Sampson E64583 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
 E329311 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: [William T. Sampson, middleName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [William T. Sampson, middleName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    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, also known as Doubting Thomas, was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, remembered for initially doubting the Resurrection until he saw and touched Jesus’ wounds.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Frankland, a titled member of the British Frankland family.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Boston Corbett, the Union Army soldier known for killing Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of Tom Yawkey, the longtime owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
  • 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: [William T. Sampson, middleName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of Edward Thomas Wailes, an American diplomat.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, a renowned British naval officer and radical politician of the 19th century.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson, a prominent military leader during the American Civil War.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • 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_69ad857c97d88190b26f9b1c90839c77 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada23b04188190919a69987d2c180f completed March 8, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20f3d2fc481908365a171d8dac0df completed March 12, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b212fbb90c819098957f3e6b1b7203 completed March 12, 2026, 1:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2137fa3808190bc4c3a333ae250cd completed March 12, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:03 p.m.