Triple

T17349988
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Leo McCarey E421782 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American film director Leo McCarey, known for classic Hollywood comedies and dramas.
E1268879 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: [Leo McCarey, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Leo McCarey, givenName, Thomas]
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of American football coach Tom Cable, known for his roles as an NFL head coach and offensive line coach.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of Tommy DeBarge, a member of the American R&B/funk band Switch.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is a character in Simon Gray's stage play "Quartermaine's Terms," which explores the personal and professional lives of teachers at a 1960s Cambridge language school.
  • 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: [Leo McCarey, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given first name of American film director Leo McCarey, known for classic Hollywood comedies and dramas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given first name of American film director Leo McCarey, known for classic Hollywood comedies and dramas.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of American film director, screenwriter, and producer Tom Shadyac, known for hit comedies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and "Bruce Almighty."
  • B. 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.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American comedian and actor Tim Conway, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show."
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of American actor Tommy Kirk, known for his roles in classic Disney films of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American actor Morgan Woodward, known for his numerous character roles in film and television.
  • 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_69d889d520008190a26917a95bf1c2ea completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e43a2bd0a881909e71c89773d9273c completed April 19, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01afe164d48190aa3d4eefe0ef12a3 completed May 11, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01b1151a488190ad4523c48f9e305c completed May 11, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01b18771f481908fb98fce28d7a72e completed May 11, 2026, 10:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m.