Triple

T4635001
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas C. Kinkaid E101507 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas C. Kinkaid, a prominent U.S. Navy admiral who served in the Pacific during World War II.
 E457158 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 C. Kinkaid, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Thomas C. Kinkaid, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of Edward Thomas Wailes, an American diplomat.
  • B. 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."
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American astronaut Ken Mattingly, known for his role in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Blamey, an Australian field marshal and senior military commander during World War II.
  • 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 C. Kinkaid, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given name of Thomas C. Kinkaid, a prominent U.S. Navy admiral who served in the Pacific during World War II.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of Thomas C. Kinkaid, a prominent U.S. Navy admiral who served in the Pacific during World War II.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the middle name of William T. Sampson, a notable U.S. Navy admiral from the Spanish–American War era.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson, a prominent military leader during the American Civil War.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American astronaut Ken Mattingly, known for his role in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Thomas Blamey, an Australian field marshal and senior military commander during World War II.
  • 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_69bd43d2f1c081908cd4b7ec48ecc73d completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a5ec8108190aeb1147a67bff057 completed March 20, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa33103081909e83155f712b821f completed March 21, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfc87fd3881909f072cd85d6b58c2 completed March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfcfb3de08190b9345e36c5c0c01c completed March 21, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.