Triple

T16368281
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charles Johnson E397491 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John E. Smith
John E. Smith is an academic figure best known as the doctoral advisor of Charles Johnson.
 E1215531 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: John E. Smith | Statement: [Charles Johnson, doctoralAdvisor, John E. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John E. Smith
Context triple: [Charles Johnson, doctoralAdvisor, John E. Smith]
  • A. John G. Smith
    John G. Smith is a music producer best known for his work on the project or artist known as King of Stage.
  • B. Benjamin A. Smith II
    Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
  • C. Benjamin A. Smith III
    Benjamin A. Smith III is an individual known primarily as the son and namesake of Benjamin A. Smith II.
  • D. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • E. Frank L. Smith
    Frank L. Smith was an American politician and businessman from Illinois who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 20th century.
  • 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: John E. Smith
Triple: [Charles Johnson, doctoralAdvisor, John E. Smith]
Generated description
John E. Smith is an academic figure best known as the doctoral advisor of Charles Johnson.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John E. Smith
Target entity description: John E. Smith is an academic figure best known as the doctoral advisor of Charles Johnson.
  • A. John G. Smith
    John G. Smith is a music producer best known for his work on the project or artist known as King of Stage.
  • B. Benjamin A. Smith II
    Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
  • C. Benjamin A. Smith III
    Benjamin A. Smith III is an individual known primarily as the son and namesake of Benjamin A. Smith II.
  • D. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • E. Frank L. Smith
    Frank L. Smith was an American politician and businessman from Illinois who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69d87f2778dc8190aa95c7572db127e6 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2ff3f0694819097faa1c1447a9e97 completed April 18, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004f41703c81908fb040a9107045ae completed May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a005345eb2481909bb82f4a35132537 completed May 10, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0053a22c3481908757cf3c27ffba83 completed May 10, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:08 a.m.