Triple
T12059354
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | HNTB |
E287125
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William H. Thomas
William H. Thomas was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the infrastructure design and engineering firm HNTB.
|
E1371017
|
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: William H. Thomas | Statement: [HNTB, foundedBy, William H. Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Thomas Context triple: [HNTB, foundedBy, William H. Thomas]
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A.
William M. Thomas
William M. Thomas was a prominent local figure associated with Bakersfield, California, for whom Meadows Field Airport was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
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B.
James A. Thomas
James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
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C.
Thomas H. Watts
Thomas H. Watts was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Alabama during the Civil War and later became the state's attorney general.
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D.
Arthur B. McBride
Arthur B. McBride was an American businessman best known for establishing and initially owning the Cleveland Browns professional football franchise.
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E.
Theodore A. Welton
Theodore A. Welton was a physicist best known for co-formulating the fluctuation–dissipation theorem, a fundamental result in statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
- 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: William H. Thomas Triple: [HNTB, foundedBy, William H. Thomas]
Generated description
William H. Thomas was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the infrastructure design and engineering firm HNTB.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Thomas Target entity description: William H. Thomas was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the infrastructure design and engineering firm HNTB.
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A.
William M. Thomas
William M. Thomas was a prominent local figure associated with Bakersfield, California, for whom Meadows Field Airport was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
-
B.
James A. Thomas
James A. Thomas was a prominent American tobacco executive associated with the American Tobacco Company and Duke University.
-
C.
Thomas H. Watts
Thomas H. Watts was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Alabama during the Civil War and later became the state's attorney general.
-
D.
Arthur B. McBride
Arthur B. McBride was an American businessman best known for establishing and initially owning the Cleveland Browns professional football franchise.
-
E.
Theodore A. Welton
Theodore A. Welton was a physicist best known for co-formulating the fluctuation–dissipation theorem, a fundamental result in statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
- 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9043dbccc8190bf9da181f826f0d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a071bc0308081908f2b98b0dec96ab6 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 1:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a071c8a9dec8190a4fbb88736b73912 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a071e0e00208190a6e05266d5bc47e2 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 1:22 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.