Triple

T423290
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buffalo Bills E8150 entity
Predicate notablePlayer P304 FINISHED
Object Thurman Thomas
Thurman Thomas is a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for leading the Buffalo Bills’ offense during their early 1990s Super Bowl runs.
E58249 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: Thurman Thomas | Statement: [Buffalo Bills, notablePlayer, Thurman Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurman Thomas
Context triple: [Buffalo Bills, notablePlayer, Thurman Thomas]
  • A. John Riggins
    John Riggins is a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for his powerful rushing style and key role in leading Washington to victory in Super Bowl XVII.
  • B. Art Monk
    Art Monk is a Hall of Fame former NFL wide receiver best known for his prolific pass-catching career with Washington’s football team in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. Lawrence Taylor
    Lawrence Taylor is a legendary former NFL linebacker widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in football history.
  • D. Jim Kelly
    Jim Kelly is a Hall of Fame quarterback best known for leading the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s.
  • E. Plaxico Burress
    Plaxico Burress is a former NFL wide receiver best known for his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants, including catching the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLII.
  • 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: Thurman Thomas
Triple: [Buffalo Bills, notablePlayer, Thurman Thomas]
Generated description
Thurman Thomas is a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for leading the Buffalo Bills’ offense during their early 1990s Super Bowl runs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thurman Thomas
Target entity description: Thurman Thomas is a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for leading the Buffalo Bills’ offense during their early 1990s Super Bowl runs.
  • A. John Riggins
    John Riggins is a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for his powerful rushing style and key role in leading Washington to victory in Super Bowl XVII.
  • B. Art Monk
    Art Monk is a Hall of Fame former NFL wide receiver best known for his prolific pass-catching career with Washington’s football team in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • C. Lawrence Taylor
    Lawrence Taylor is a legendary former NFL linebacker widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive players in football history.
  • D. Jim Kelly
    Jim Kelly is a Hall of Fame quarterback best known for leading the Buffalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s.
  • E. Plaxico Burress
    Plaxico Burress is a former NFL wide receiver best known for his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants, including catching the game-winning touchdown in Super Bowl XLII.
  • 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eec200648190bcb9f1b98c8e9cdf completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4528eab108190969f52eb0bc815f9 completed March 1, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4544a999081908680d3efc3a51e87 completed March 1, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a454adfa2c819093e0ef4ae286a99b completed March 1, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.