Triple
T13566989
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rick Smolan |
E324062
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Life magazine |
E19467
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Life magazine | Statement: [Rick Smolan, employer, Life magazine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life magazine Context triple: [Rick Smolan, employer, Life magazine]
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A.
Life magazine
chosen
Life magazine was a hugely influential American weekly publication best known for its pioneering photojournalism and vivid visual coverage of 20th-century events and culture.
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B.
Chance magazine
Chance magazine is a popular statistics-focused publication that presents statistical ideas, applications, and case studies to a broad audience, often highlighting real-world data and current events.
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C.
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a historic American magazine known for its general-interest articles, fiction, and iconic cover art, especially Norman Rockwell’s illustrations.
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D.
American Magazine
American Magazine was a popular early 20th-century U.S. general-interest periodical known for its fiction, commentary, and contributions from prominent writers.
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E.
Time magazine
Time magazine is a long-running American weekly news magazine known for its influential coverage of global events, politics, and culture.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d8076830b48190910a902bae5888e2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb00e0188819094fde44f85adb69c |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f76bb3d77c8190a7af2ee7e9b6748a |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:48 p.m.