Triple

T5430337
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hicks E121469 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Hicks
Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
 E525232 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 Hicks | Statement: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Hicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Hicks
Context triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Hicks]
  • A. James F. Reed
    James F. Reed was an Irish-American pioneer and businessman best known as a leading organizer and central figure in the ill-fated Donner Party expedition to California in 1846–47.
  • B. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • C. Benjamin W. S. Cabell
    Benjamin W. S. Cabell was a 19th-century American figure best known as the father of Confederate general and Dallas mayor William L. Cabell.
  • D. Henry B. Carrington
    Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
  • E. Moses H. Grinnell
    Moses H. Grinnell was a 19th-century American merchant, politician, and influential New York civic leader who played a prominent role in maritime commerce and public service.
  • 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 Hicks
Triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Hicks]
Generated description
Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Hicks
Target entity description: Thomas Hicks is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
  • A. James F. Reed
    James F. Reed was an Irish-American pioneer and businessman best known as a leading organizer and central figure in the ill-fated Donner Party expedition to California in 1846–47.
  • B. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • C. Benjamin W. S. Cabell
    Benjamin W. S. Cabell was a 19th-century American figure best known as the father of Confederate general and Dallas mayor William L. Cabell.
  • D. Henry B. Carrington
    Henry B. Carrington was a U.S. Army officer and frontier commander best known for leading forces during Red Cloud's War in the 1860s.
  • E. Moses H. Grinnell
    Moses H. Grinnell was a 19th-century American merchant, politician, and influential New York civic leader who played a prominent role in maritime commerce and public service.
  • 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd883e5e10819091e159dfd245e94d completed March 20, 2026, 5:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf88e4ebe48190bf1d8643149a88f0 completed March 22, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf895a03908190a822e021c50bb797 completed March 22, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf89ef2fe08190a6696459fab68a79 completed March 22, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.