Triple
T19664977
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chris Smither |
E472177
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Christopher Smither
William Christopher Smither is an American folk and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his intricate fingerpicking style and introspective, literate songwriting.
|
E1389765
|
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: William Christopher Smither | Statement: [Chris Smither, fullName, William Christopher Smither]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Christopher Smither Context triple: [Chris Smither, fullName, William Christopher Smither]
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A.
Arthur Lionel Smith
Arthur Lionel Smith was a British historian and academic who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, in the early 20th century.
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B.
George Murray Smith
George Murray Smith was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for founding influential literary periodicals and publishing major Victorian authors.
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C.
Jack Martin Smith
Jack Martin Smith was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Henry Justin Smith
Henry Justin Smith was an influential American newspaper editor and author best known for his leadership at the Chicago Daily News in the early 20th century.
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E.
Charles Ferguson Smith
Charles Ferguson Smith was a distinguished United States Army officer and West Point instructor who served in the Mexican–American War and early in the American Civil War.
- 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: William Christopher Smither Triple: [Chris Smither, fullName, William Christopher Smither]
Generated description
William Christopher Smither is an American folk and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his intricate fingerpicking style and introspective, literate songwriting.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Christopher Smither Target entity description: William Christopher Smither is an American folk and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his intricate fingerpicking style and introspective, literate songwriting.
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A.
Arthur Lionel Smith
Arthur Lionel Smith was a British historian and academic who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, in the early 20th century.
-
B.
George Murray Smith
George Murray Smith was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for founding influential literary periodicals and publishing major Victorian authors.
-
C.
Jack Martin Smith
Jack Martin Smith was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
-
D.
Henry Justin Smith
Henry Justin Smith was an influential American newspaper editor and author best known for his leadership at the Chicago Daily News in the early 20th century.
-
E.
Charles Ferguson Smith
Charles Ferguson Smith was a distinguished United States Army officer and West Point instructor who served in the Mexican–American War and early in the American Civil War.
- 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6416749d48190b141a6acd20c9694 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0787b8bb748190bd8aad409b823431 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a078c884c4c819080751e454da78741 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 9:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a078cf38ce88190b5c2c95b6a29cc60 |
completed | May 15, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.