Triple

T7781351
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lavender Thornton E221524 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Thornton
Thornton is an English-language surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, historically associated with various notable figures in fields such as politics, literature, and sports.
 E66901 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: Thornton | Statement: [Lavender Thornton, familyName, Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thornton
Context triple: [Lavender Thornton, familyName, Thornton]
  • A. Thornton
    Thornton is the surname of Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known as Pusha T, an American rapper and record executive.
  • B. Thornton
    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and rail junction and now as a small residential community near Glenrothes.
  • C. Thornton
    Thornton is a suburban city in the Denver metropolitan area of Colorado, known for its planned residential communities and rapid population growth.
  • D. Thornton
    Thornton is a residential and industrial suburb in the Maitland local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
  • E. Thornton
    Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
  • 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: Thornton
Triple: [Lavender Thornton, familyName, Thornton]
Generated description
Thornton is an English-language surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, historically associated with various notable figures in fields such as politics, literature, and sports.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thornton
Target entity description: Thornton is an English-language surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, historically associated with various notable figures in fields such as politics, literature, and sports.
  • A. Thornton
    Thornton is a masculine given name most famously borne by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.
  • B. Thornton chosen
    Thornton is the surname of Terrence LeVarr Thornton, better known as Pusha T, an American rapper and record executive.
  • C. Thornton
    Thornton is a village in Fife, Scotland, known historically for its coal mining and rail junction and now as a small residential community near Glenrothes.
  • D. Thornton
    Thornton is a settlement that serves as the community associated with the GLT locality or facility.
  • E. Thornton
    Thornton is a residential and industrial suburb in the Maitland local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83ebbef881909ac47f789145fef7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cadf1dcc6c8190b3c6ee4ff7808e02 completed March 30, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69caf5c1f20c81908ae2fc35550b91b5 completed March 30, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69caf81ebde881909bd131da8987b449 completed March 30, 2026, 10:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cafa013f348190a2067dee4a0c8c40 completed March 30, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:21 p.m.