Triple
T20042809
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Descendents |
E497470
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerMember |
P1168
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Smalley
David Smalley is an American punk rock vocalist best known for fronting influential bands such as DYS, Dag Nasty, ALL, and Down by Law.
|
E1408309
|
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: David Smalley | Statement: [Descendents, formerMember, David Smalley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Smalley Context triple: [Descendents, formerMember, David Smalley]
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A.
Richard Smalley
Richard Smalley was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering fullerenes, a new form of carbon.
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B.
Robert Curl
Robert Curl was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering buckminsterfullerene (C60), a landmark finding in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
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C.
James M. Tour
James M. Tour is an American chemist and nanotechnology researcher known for his pioneering work in molecular electronics, nanocars, and carbon-based materials.
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D.
Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
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E.
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering contributions to organic photochemistry and molecular photophysics.
- 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: David Smalley Triple: [Descendents, formerMember, David Smalley]
Generated description
David Smalley is an American punk rock vocalist best known for fronting influential bands such as DYS, Dag Nasty, ALL, and Down by Law.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Smalley Target entity description: David Smalley is an American punk rock vocalist best known for fronting influential bands such as DYS, Dag Nasty, ALL, and Down by Law.
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A.
Richard Smalley
Richard Smalley was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering fullerenes, a new form of carbon.
-
B.
Robert Curl
Robert Curl was an American chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering buckminsterfullerene (C60), a landmark finding in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
-
C.
James M. Tour
James M. Tour is an American chemist and nanotechnology researcher known for his pioneering work in molecular electronics, nanocars, and carbon-based materials.
-
D.
Harry Kroto
Harry Kroto was a British chemist and Nobel laureate best known for co-discovering the carbon molecule buckminsterfullerene (C60), a key advance in the field of nanotechnology and carbon chemistry.
-
E.
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro was a prominent American chemist renowned for his pioneering contributions to organic photochemistry and molecular photophysics.
- 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_69da627278c88190babe4297a9df1236 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e662ec9ae0819097032ff50d6215c2 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0815feaf408190adccfa72b51a5cef |
completed | May 16, 2026, 7 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0816ee85188190906ba3577cbe8e3e |
completed | May 16, 2026, 7:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a081753efc88190b3fa2ea810f93220 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 7:05 a.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:37 p.m.