Triple
T4066277
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomson |
E86329
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
|
E412133
|
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 Couper Thomson | Statement: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, David Couper Thomson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Couper Thomson Context triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, David Couper Thomson]
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A.
Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
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B.
Frank Tourle Thomson
Frank Tourle Thomson was a British naval officer best known for captaining the pioneering 19th-century scientific expedition ship HMS Challenger.
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C.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
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D.
Mark Aitchison Young
Mark Aitchison Young was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong, notably during the period surrounding the Japanese invasion and occupation in World War II.
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E.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
- 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 Couper Thomson Triple: [Thomson, hasNotableBearer, David Couper Thomson]
Generated description
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Couper Thomson Target entity description: David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
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A.
Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
-
B.
Frank Tourle Thomson
Frank Tourle Thomson was a British naval officer best known for captaining the pioneering 19th-century scientific expedition ship HMS Challenger.
-
C.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
-
D.
Mark Aitchison Young
Mark Aitchison Young was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong, notably during the period surrounding the Japanese invasion and occupation in World War II.
-
E.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
- 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_69b56b55b5388190a90551c43388f3fc |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b56bdcfa94819096df212e6e99937e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b56c5e73e88190896176180a9e58cd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:38 p.m.