Triple

T20837496
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Clark E512997 entity
Predicate hasNameVariant P457 FINISHED
Object Thos. Clark
Thos. Clark is an abbreviated name form commonly used for individuals named Thomas Clark, often appearing in historical or formal records.
E1452523 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: Thos. Clark | Statement: [Thomas Clark, hasNameVariant, Thos. Clark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thos. Clark
Context triple: [Thomas Clark, hasNameVariant, Thos. Clark]
  • A. George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge was a British character actor known for his frequent roles in mid-20th-century horror and comedy films, often portraying genial or rustic supporting characters.
  • B. Abraham Clark
    Abraham Clark was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a delegate to the Continental Congress.
  • C. William Preston
    William Preston was a notable figure significant enough in regional or local history that the town of Preston, Georgia, was named in his honor.
  • D. William Preston
    William Preston was an 18th-century Irish-born American frontiersman, surveyor, and colonial Virginia political and military leader influential in the settlement of the Appalachian frontier.
  • E. Benjamin G. Seixas
    Benjamin G. Seixas was an early American financier known for being among the original New York stockbrokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 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: Thos. Clark
Triple: [Thomas Clark, hasNameVariant, Thos. Clark]
Generated description
Thos. Clark is an abbreviated name form commonly used for individuals named Thomas Clark, often appearing in historical or formal records.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thos. Clark
Target entity description: Thos. Clark is an abbreviated name form commonly used for individuals named Thomas Clark, often appearing in historical or formal records.
  • A. George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge was a British character actor known for his frequent roles in mid-20th-century horror and comedy films, often portraying genial or rustic supporting characters.
  • B. Abraham Clark
    Abraham Clark was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a delegate to the Continental Congress.
  • C. William Preston
    William Preston was a notable figure significant enough in regional or local history that the town of Preston, Georgia, was named in his honor.
  • D. William Preston
    William Preston was an 18th-century Irish-born American frontiersman, surveyor, and colonial Virginia political and military leader influential in the settlement of the Appalachian frontier.
  • E. Benjamin G. Seixas
    Benjamin G. Seixas was an early American financier known for being among the original New York stockbrokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 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_69e0b4cf62a88190bbf92351e9e57259 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c3280a1881909a86d1fe498aee50 completed April 21, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0900868558819099cf2668970a7f2c completed May 16, 2026, 11:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0901a0dac081909f9184e99a70419a completed May 16, 2026, 11:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09023cf27081908eb246367215ae12 completed May 16, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:42 p.m.