Triple

T8500979
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Wolfe E201213 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his pioneering work in New Journalism.
E738974 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: [Tom Wolfe, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Tom Wolfe, 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: [Tom Wolfe, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the formal given name of the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his pioneering work in New Journalism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the formal given name of the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his pioneering work in New Journalism.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of the American novelist Thomas Wolfe, known for his expansive, autobiographical fiction such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
  • 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 given name of American television journalist and longtime NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Paine, the influential 18th-century political philosopher and writer known for works like "Common Sense" and "The Rights of Man."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of Tom Mankiewicz, an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on James Bond and Superman films.
  • 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe5996ce88190956cb3f8d9ad3daf completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4dc163488190a53d8696fdba94b5 completed April 2, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce51efb1e48190abca64f24b03febc completed April 2, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce525196208190b2d70fd2be293826 completed April 2, 2026, 11:26 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.