Triple

T14345514
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elinor Donahue E355707 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Richard Smith
Richard Smith is best known as the husband of American actress Elinor Donahue, recognized for her roles in classic television series.
 E1101373 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: Richard Smith | Statement: [Elinor Donahue, spouse, Richard Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Smith
Context triple: [Elinor Donahue, spouse, Richard Smith]
  • A. Richard Smith
    Richard Smith is a son of Frederick W. Smith, the American businessman best known as the founder of FedEx.
  • B. Ian Telfer
    Ian Telfer is a Canadian mining executive and philanthropist known for his leadership in the resource industry and major donations to higher education.
  • C. John Sheardown
    John Sheardown was a Canadian diplomat best known for sheltering American diplomats in Tehran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, an episode later dramatized as the "Canadian Caper."
  • D. Russell Carr
    Russell Carr is a British automotive designer best known as the head of design at Lotus Cars, where he has shaped the brand’s modern sports car lineup.
  • E. Ian Wilson
    Ian Wilson was a British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the 1996 adaptation of "Emma."
  • 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: Richard Smith
Triple: [Elinor Donahue, spouse, Richard Smith]
Generated description
Richard Smith is best known as the husband of American actress Elinor Donahue, recognized for her roles in classic television series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Richard Smith
Target entity description: Richard Smith is best known as the husband of American actress Elinor Donahue, recognized for her roles in classic television series.
  • A. Richard Smith
    Richard Smith is a son of Frederick W. Smith, the American businessman best known as the founder of FedEx.
  • B. Ian Telfer
    Ian Telfer is a Canadian mining executive and philanthropist known for his leadership in the resource industry and major donations to higher education.
  • C. John Sheardown
    John Sheardown was a Canadian diplomat best known for sheltering American diplomats in Tehran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, an episode later dramatized as the "Canadian Caper."
  • D. Russell Carr
    Russell Carr is a British automotive designer best known as the head of design at Lotus Cars, where he has shaped the brand’s modern sports car lineup.
  • E. Ian Wilson
    Ian Wilson was a British cinematographer known for his work on films such as the 1996 adaptation of "Emma."
  • 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_69d82790a7e08190877e2d349b2e8d8e completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de8e8b81bc8190ace2a575faf55cc0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd647f92348190ba4eb9a420e23ca1 completed May 8, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd684791f88190af230735cbacd35f completed May 8, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd68aa12088190817d3fdd7c74c844 completed May 8, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:14 a.m.