Triple
T18164320
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tom Clancy |
E434850
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American novelist Tom Clancy, famed for his military and espionage thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games."
|
E1309705
|
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 Clancy, givenName, Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Context triple: [Tom Clancy, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, was a 17th-century Italian nobleman and military commander of the House of Savoy who played a significant role in the Thirty Years' War and related European conflicts.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Sir Stamford Raffles, the British statesman best known as the founder of modern Singapore.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of Tom Coughlin, the American football coach best known for leading the New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of British entertainer Tommy Steele, a pioneering rock and roll singer and actor.
- 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 Clancy, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the first name of American novelist Tom Clancy, famed for his military and espionage thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the first name of American novelist Tom Clancy, famed for his military and espionage thrillers such as "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games."
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the formal given name of the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, known for his pioneering work in New Journalism.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of the American novelist Thomas Wolfe, known for his expansive, autobiographical fiction such as "Look Homeward, Angel."
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American actor Tom Skerritt, known for roles in films like "Alien" and "Top Gun."
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American actor Mark Harmon, best known for his long-running role as Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the television series "NCIS."
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E.
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."
- 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_69d8b90b7a188190b3fc7b8d4a6cd20a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4dec55a088190868ee0b0a310fefb |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a038fb549d88190b9e4bf3dbd1c35b5 |
completed | May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a039182427c81909de840ddf7b2172f |
completed | May 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a03927b1794819098106ca3695178dc |
completed | May 12, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:30 a.m.