Triple

T8177306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields E190968 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Thomas Shields
Thomas Shields is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across various fields, such as sports, politics, or the arts.
E716395 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 Shields | Statement: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Shields]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Shields
Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Shields]
  • A. Roger Carbury
    Roger Carbury is a principled, old-fashioned English squire and cousin to the protagonist in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Way We Live Now," representing traditional rural values amid a corrupt modern society.
  • B. Andrew Boone
    Andrew Boone is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Boone.
  • C. Tom Curry
    Tom Curry was an English football trainer for Manchester United who died as a result of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
  • D. Duncan Henderson
    Duncan Henderson was an American film producer and production manager known for his work on major Hollywood films including "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
  • E. Grant Matthews
    Grant Matthews is the ambitious, idealistic businessman-turned-presidential-candidate who serves as the central figure in the political drama film "State of the Union."
  • 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 Shields
Triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Thomas Shields]
Generated description
Thomas Shields is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across various fields, such as sports, politics, or the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Shields
Target entity description: Thomas Shields is a personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across various fields, such as sports, politics, or the arts.
  • A. Roger Carbury
    Roger Carbury is a principled, old-fashioned English squire and cousin to the protagonist in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Way We Live Now," representing traditional rural values amid a corrupt modern society.
  • B. Andrew Boone
    Andrew Boone is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Boone.
  • C. Tom Curry
    Tom Curry was an English football trainer for Manchester United who died as a result of the 1958 Munich air disaster.
  • D. Duncan Henderson
    Duncan Henderson was an American film producer and production manager known for his work on major Hollywood films including "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."
  • E. Grant Matthews
    Grant Matthews is the ambitious, idealistic businessman-turned-presidential-candidate who serves as the central figure in the political drama film "State of the Union."
  • 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_69ca82c1c0a08190bf8692b4d91a03ca completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4aba0dd88190828080d0d89612eb completed March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf75bf2481908d585f7017be36a5 completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc313ba7c81909b9ee65b37ed165e completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.