Triple

T9230183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam Adams Award E221795 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Thomas Drake
Thomas Drake is a former National Security Agency executive and whistleblower known for exposing government surveillance abuses and facing Espionage Act charges as a result.
 E786960 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 Drake | Statement: [Sam Adams Award, notableRecipient, Thomas Drake]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Drake
Context triple: [Sam Adams Award, notableRecipient, Thomas Drake]
  • A. John Barron
    John Barron was the Baltimore wharf owner whose lawsuit against the city led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, which clarified that the Bill of Rights initially applied only to the federal government.
  • B. Leon Ames
    Leon Ames was an American character actor best known for his prolific film and television career from the 1930s through the 1970s, often portraying dignified fathers, professionals, and authority figures.
  • C. Sam Coulson
    Sam Coulson is an English rock guitarist best known for joining the progressive rock band Asia in the 2010s.
  • D. Jack Heuer
    Jack Heuer is a Swiss watchmaker and former head of TAG Heuer, best known for modernizing the brand and creating iconic chronograph designs.
  • E. Blaine Manning
    Blaine Manning is a former Canadian professional lacrosse forward best known as a star player and multiple-time NLL champion with the Toronto Rock.
  • 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 Drake
Triple: [Sam Adams Award, notableRecipient, Thomas Drake]
Generated description
Thomas Drake is a former National Security Agency executive and whistleblower known for exposing government surveillance abuses and facing Espionage Act charges as a result.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas Drake
Target entity description: Thomas Drake is a former National Security Agency executive and whistleblower known for exposing government surveillance abuses and facing Espionage Act charges as a result.
  • A. John Barron
    John Barron was the Baltimore wharf owner whose lawsuit against the city led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Barron v. Baltimore, which clarified that the Bill of Rights initially applied only to the federal government.
  • B. Leon Ames
    Leon Ames was an American character actor best known for his prolific film and television career from the 1930s through the 1970s, often portraying dignified fathers, professionals, and authority figures.
  • C. Sam Coulson
    Sam Coulson is an English rock guitarist best known for joining the progressive rock band Asia in the 2010s.
  • D. Jack Heuer
    Jack Heuer is a Swiss watchmaker and former head of TAG Heuer, best known for modernizing the brand and creating iconic chronograph designs.
  • E. Blaine Manning
    Blaine Manning is a former Canadian professional lacrosse forward best known as a star player and multiple-time NLL champion with the Toronto Rock.
  • 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_69ca83ed628c8190bc02d641e57f097f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccee17a2dc8190b373f78be7247f0d completed April 1, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d077a789f0819087d7f7612bbeaf6a completed April 4, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d07a23205881909d96450759016e94 completed April 4, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d07aaf06a08190b721e4b3f5a65c29 completed April 4, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:29 p.m.