Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomson E86329 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object David Thomson (film critic)
David Thomson is a British-American film critic and historian best known for his influential reference work "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film" and his incisive, essayistic writing on cinema.
 E410470 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: David Thomson (film critic) | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, David Thomson (film critic)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Thomson (film critic)
Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, David Thomson (film critic)]
  • A. David Thomson
    David Thomson is a Canadian media magnate and billionaire who serves as the chairman of Thomson Reuters and is one of the wealthiest individuals in Canada.
  • B. Kevin Crowe
    Kevin Crowe is a songwriter best known for co-writing the hit track "Young, Wild & Free."
  • C. Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert was a pioneering American film critic, journalist, and screenwriter renowned for his influential reviews, television programs, and role in popularizing accessible, mainstream film criticism.
  • D. Paul Hirsch
    Paul Hirsch is an American film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood films, including the original Star Wars.
  • E. David Seidler
    David Seidler is a British-American screenwriter best known for writing the Academy Award-winning screenplay for the historical drama film "The King’s Speech."
  • 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: David Thomson (film critic)
Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, David Thomson (film critic)]
Generated description
David Thomson is a British-American film critic and historian best known for his influential reference work "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film" and his incisive, essayistic writing on cinema.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Thomson (film critic)
Target entity description: David Thomson is a British-American film critic and historian best known for his influential reference work "The New Biographical Dictionary of Film" and his incisive, essayistic writing on cinema.
  • A. David Thomson
    David Thomson is a Canadian media magnate and billionaire who serves as the chairman of Thomson Reuters and is one of the wealthiest individuals in Canada.
  • B. Kevin Crowe
    Kevin Crowe is a songwriter best known for co-writing the hit track "Young, Wild & Free."
  • C. Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert was a pioneering American film critic, journalist, and screenwriter renowned for his influential reviews, television programs, and role in popularizing accessible, mainstream film criticism.
  • D. Paul Hirsch
    Paul Hirsch is an American film editor renowned for his work on major Hollywood films, including the original Star Wars.
  • E. David Seidler
    David Seidler is a British-American screenwriter best known for writing the Academy Award-winning screenplay for the historical drama film "The King’s Speech."
  • 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_69aed93c69208190a4efac0efe3cd69b completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefbf58d9c8190936e453b0d397cb0 completed March 9, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b562b17c888190ac4771f2bb4f0d58 completed March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5637e72948190989169b0a46916a8 completed March 14, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b563fc4cb081908ba0f1a799338a8c completed March 14, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.