Triple
T3557005
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas S. Ricketts |
E75242
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas S. Ricketts, the American businessman and chairman of the Chicago Cubs.
|
E367721
|
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: [Thomas S. Ricketts, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Thomas S. Ricketts, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament, remembered for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Thibodeau, an American professional basketball coach known for his defensive-minded teams in the NBA.
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C.
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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the middle name of the British chemist and scientific adviser Henry Tizard.
- 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: [Thomas S. Ricketts, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given name of Thomas S. Ricketts, the American businessman and chairman of the Chicago Cubs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of Thomas S. Ricketts, the American businessman and chairman of the Chicago Cubs.
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Thibodeau, an American professional basketball coach known for his defensive-minded teams in the NBA.
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B.
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.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of Tom Yawkey, the longtime owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Tommy Lasorda, the Hall of Fame former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, known for works such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
- 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_69ad85d45090819086f34fb85d850a1e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc057cc788190a6c4f3781f43abce |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38bcf7ffc81909242cf67f5aa7b3d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b38d8287408190933884c2b7bff312 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b38ddfce348190b5a7d9abdb7a6826 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.