Triple

T4587189
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Edlyne Tomlins E103395 entity
Predicate hasFamilyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tomlins
Tomlins is an English surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century legal writer Thomas Edlyne Tomlins.
 E455290 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: Tomlins | Statement: [Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, hasFamilyName, Tomlins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tomlins
Context triple: [Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, hasFamilyName, Tomlins]
  • A. Tomlinson
    Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
  • B. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • C. Taaffe
    Taaffe is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and academia.
  • D. Norris
    Norris is a surname most notably associated with influential American politician George W. Norris, a progressive-era U.S. senator from Nebraska.
  • E. Clemm
    Clemm is the surname of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, the wife and cousin of American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
  • 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: Tomlins
Triple: [Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, hasFamilyName, Tomlins]
Generated description
Tomlins is an English surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century legal writer Thomas Edlyne Tomlins.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tomlins
Target entity description: Tomlins is an English surname borne by various notable individuals, including the 19th-century legal writer Thomas Edlyne Tomlins.
  • A. Tomlinson
    Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
  • B. Dugald
    Dugald is a masculine given name of Scottish origin, historically associated with figures such as the philosopher Dugald Stewart.
  • C. Taaffe
    Taaffe is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the arts, and academia.
  • D. Norris
    Norris is a surname most notably associated with influential American politician George W. Norris, a progressive-era U.S. senator from Nebraska.
  • E. Clemm
    Clemm is the surname of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, the wife and cousin of American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
  • 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_69bd43dccaf08190aa89e9991a289719 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd591fc20481908d8d4b71d055ae8c completed March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bde0b1b014819085543bd297f925c1 completed March 21, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bde38803748190b560b0cac32be443 completed March 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bde419847c8190919ef7f7542ff20f completed March 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.