Triple

T22177454
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomson River (Victoria) E548084 entity
Predicate namedFor P63 FINISHED
Object Edward Deas Thomson
Edward Deas Thomson was a 19th-century British-born Australian public servant and politician who played a significant role in the colonial administration of New South Wales.
E1523289 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: Edward Deas Thomson | Statement: [Thomson River (Victoria), namedFor, Edward Deas Thomson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Deas Thomson
Context triple: [Thomson River (Victoria), namedFor, Edward Deas Thomson]
  • A. Edward Thomson
    Edward Thomson was the son of American politician John R. Thomson and a member of the prominent Thomson family of New Jersey.
  • B. Arthur Thomson
    Arthur Thomson is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across various fields, such as science, arts, or public life.
  • C. R. H. Thomson
    R. H. Thomson is a Canadian actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in the series "Anne with an E."
  • D. David Couper Thomson
    David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
  • E. Howard H. Thomson
    Howard H. Thomson was an architect best known for designing Edinburgh’s prominent concert venue, the Usher Hall.
  • 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: Edward Deas Thomson
Triple: [Thomson River (Victoria), namedFor, Edward Deas Thomson]
Generated description
Edward Deas Thomson was a 19th-century British-born Australian public servant and politician who played a significant role in the colonial administration of New South Wales.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Deas Thomson
Target entity description: Edward Deas Thomson was a 19th-century British-born Australian public servant and politician who played a significant role in the colonial administration of New South Wales.
  • A. Edward Thomson
    Edward Thomson was the son of American politician John R. Thomson and a member of the prominent Thomson family of New Jersey.
  • B. Arthur Thomson
    Arthur Thomson is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across various fields, such as science, arts, or public life.
  • C. R. H. Thomson
    R. H. Thomson is a Canadian actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including a prominent role in the series "Anne with an E."
  • D. David Couper Thomson
    David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
  • E. Howard H. Thomson
    Howard H. Thomson was an architect best known for designing Edinburgh’s prominent concert venue, the Usher Hall.
  • 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_69e11e3d53f88190a2b690e3f25bb062 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12a6d03488190b29872ff3f436237 completed April 28, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a9ec8ab7c81908eaa85092ce658c1 completed May 18, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a9f494f3c8190aee8f2e6dc1af763 completed May 18, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aa03a8e0c819089dc48473b5b743c completed May 18, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:34 p.m.