Triple
T4949403
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Airco |
E111131
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Holt Thomas
George Holt Thomas was a pioneering British aviation entrepreneur and newspaper magnate who played a key role in the early development of the aircraft industry.
|
E480552
|
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: George Holt Thomas | Statement: [Airco, foundedBy, George Holt Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Holt Thomas Context triple: [Airco, foundedBy, George Holt Thomas]
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A.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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B.
Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander was a prominent Confederate general and artillery officer during the American Civil War, later known for his influential postwar memoirs and engineering work.
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C.
William C. Thompson
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
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D.
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
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E.
John A. T. Hull
John A. T. Hull was an American politician and public official from Iowa who served as a U.S. Representative and held several state offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: George Holt Thomas Triple: [Airco, foundedBy, George Holt Thomas]
Generated description
George Holt Thomas was a pioneering British aviation entrepreneur and newspaper magnate who played a key role in the early development of the aircraft industry.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Holt Thomas Target entity description: George Holt Thomas was a pioneering British aviation entrepreneur and newspaper magnate who played a key role in the early development of the aircraft industry.
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A.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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B.
Edward Porter Alexander
Edward Porter Alexander was a prominent Confederate general and artillery officer during the American Civil War, later known for his influential postwar memoirs and engineering work.
-
C.
William C. Thompson
William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
-
D.
Josiah Parsons Cooke
Josiah Parsons Cooke was a 19th-century American chemist and Harvard professor known for his influential work in chemical education and atomic theory.
-
E.
John A. T. Hull
John A. T. Hull was an American politician and public official from Iowa who served as a U.S. Representative and held several state offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd7166bb6c8190a40775ac8bb723a8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be77ca47b481909de9b270f2a2a7af |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be7885bf60819083f6546234c1c40c |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be78f8baf4819097393d670d217b63 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.