Triple

T20305742
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom T. Hall E505604 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Thomas
Thomas is the given name of American country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall, known for his narrative storytelling style in songs.
 E1425918 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 T. Hall, givenName, Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Context triple: [Tom T. Hall, 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 middle name of the individual Samuel Thomas Wilson.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the given name of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, a prominent 19th-century British peer and landowner.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the full given name of former NFL quarterback Tommy Maddox, who notably played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and won the 2001 XFL championship.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is a character appearing in the animated series "Exit 9B" from the show "Regular Show."
  • 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 T. Hall, givenName, Thomas]
Generated description
Thomas is the given name of American country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall, known for his narrative storytelling style in songs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas
Target entity description: Thomas is the given name of American country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall, known for his narrative storytelling style in songs.
  • A. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for his influential protest and contemporary folk songs.
  • B. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
  • C. Thomas
    Thomas is the first name of American country music singer and songwriter Luke Bryan.
  • D. Thomas
    Thomas is the given first name of the American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits.
  • E. Thomas
    Thomas is the formal given name of American bassist, record producer, and session musician Tommy Cogbill, known for his influential work in soul, R&B, and country 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_69e0b4b8ab648190906e18538c250148 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6773f8f688190b616f972b9bbb28e completed April 20, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08694927c48190b71fef8bed29456a completed May 16, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a086b09925c81908d716a21692b9650 completed May 16, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a086ba7d3588190ab2abf0cf53d4953 completed May 16, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:18 a.m.