Triple

T17614712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject North Thompson River E429052 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object David Thompson
David Thompson was a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and explorer renowned for mapping much of western North America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
E1278424 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: David Thompson | Statement: [North Thompson River, namedAfter, David Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thompson
Context triple: [North Thompson River, namedAfter, David Thompson]
  • A. David Thompson
    David Thompson is a Hall of Fame American basketball guard famed for his explosive leaping ability and scoring prowess in the 1970s, particularly with the Denver Nuggets.
  • B. David Thompson
    David Thompson is a football executive best known for serving as chairman of the Swiss club FC Lausanne-Sport.
  • C. David Thompson
    David Thompson is an author known for writing the book "Prince of Broadway."
  • D. Samuel Hearne
    Samuel Hearne was an 18th-century English explorer and fur trader best known for his overland expeditions in northern Canada, which helped map the Arctic interior and assess routes toward the Northwest Passage.
  • E. Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie was a prominent late-19th-century Scottish composer and conductor who played a key role in revitalizing British classical music.
  • 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: David Thompson
Triple: [North Thompson River, namedAfter, David Thompson]
Generated description
David Thompson was a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and explorer renowned for mapping much of western North America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Thompson
Target entity description: David Thompson was a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and explorer renowned for mapping much of western North America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • A. David Thompson
    David Thompson is a Hall of Fame American basketball guard famed for his explosive leaping ability and scoring prowess in the 1970s, particularly with the Denver Nuggets.
  • B. David Thompson
    David Thompson is a football executive best known for serving as chairman of the Swiss club FC Lausanne-Sport.
  • C. David Thompson
    David Thompson is an author known for writing the book "Prince of Broadway."
  • D. Samuel Hearne
    Samuel Hearne was an 18th-century English explorer and fur trader best known for his overland expeditions in northern Canada, which helped map the Arctic interior and assess routes toward the Northwest Passage.
  • E. Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie was a prominent late-19th-century Scottish composer and conductor who played a key role in revitalizing British classical music.
  • 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_69d889e1c6148190ba76241e74688f8b completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46d3174008190a2b5bb1b061ea4df completed April 19, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01e8267d388190b97e038e142f338f completed May 11, 2026, 2:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01f100fe5c81909bb43e89b60c27df completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01f17a3efc81909404abb3a7ed6523 completed May 11, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:51 a.m.