Triple

T21638182
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas and the Magic Railroad E534014 entity
Predicate hasTrainCharacter P108254 FINISHED
Object Percy
Percy is a small green saddle tank engine from the Thomas & Friends franchise, known for his youthful enthusiasm, loyalty, and occasional nervousness.
E1493794 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: Percy | Statement: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, hasTrainCharacter, Percy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Percy
Context triple: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, hasTrainCharacter, Percy]
  • A. Percy
    Percy is a character connected to the Paradise Falls diner, likely serving as one of its notable staff or regular patrons within its narrative setting.
  • B. Percy
    Percy is a masculine given name of Old French origin, famously borne by American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy W. Bridgman.
  • C. Percy
    Percy is the historic English noble family that produced numerous prominent aristocrats, soldiers, and politicians, notably the Dukes of Northumberland.
  • D. Percy
    Percy is a sadistic and cowardly prison guard from Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile" and its film adaptation.
  • E. Percy LeSueur
    Percy LeSueur was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey goaltender and later coach and manager, recognized as a Hall of Famer for his contributions to the sport.
  • 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: Percy
Triple: [Thomas and the Magic Railroad, hasTrainCharacter, Percy]
Generated description
Percy is a small green saddle tank engine from the Thomas & Friends franchise, known for his youthful enthusiasm, loyalty, and occasional nervousness.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Percy
Target entity description: Percy is a small green saddle tank engine from the Thomas & Friends franchise, known for his youthful enthusiasm, loyalty, and occasional nervousness.
  • A. Percy
    Percy is a masculine given name of Old French origin, famously borne by American physicist and Nobel laureate Percy W. Bridgman.
  • B. Percy
    Percy is the historic English noble family that produced numerous prominent aristocrats, soldiers, and politicians, notably the Dukes of Northumberland.
  • C. Percy
    Percy is a sadistic and cowardly prison guard from Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile" and its film adaptation.
  • D. Percy
    Percy is a character connected to the Paradise Falls diner, likely serving as one of its notable staff or regular patrons within its narrative setting.
  • E. Percy LeSueur
    Percy LeSueur was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey goaltender and later coach and manager, recognized as a Hall of Famer for his contributions to the sport.
  • 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_69e0c465ae7481908577b7209fdb2a77 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef538eef0481908f5bf0e27f8e054d completed April 27, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a0f9de1fc8190bd44ba90877385c1 completed May 17, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a106d521481909aff885d50adbda1 completed May 17, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a10e6cda481908c263911f681c337 completed May 17, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:35 p.m.