Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy Steele E224473 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
 E792470 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: [Tommy Steele, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Tommy Steele, 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: [Tommy Steele, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of English actor Tom Sturridge, known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of English actor Tom Courtenay, a prominent figure in British cinema and theatre since the 1960s.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of American jazz trombonist and big band leader Tommy Dorsey, a prominent figure of the swing era.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of the American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits.
  • 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_69ca8427a0c08190b749831d5ea98f02 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd37ab90ac8190b5c73f08dd091731 completed April 1, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0e3924df4819095490983615b2aae completed April 4, 2026, 10:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0e502b68081909a9f9476421ba9b5 completed April 4, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0e5af7360819096c6295de0ce5f32 completed April 4, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:39 p.m.