Triple

T20964348
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund E516326 entity
Predicate namedForFullName P17477 FINISHED
Object William Eugene Smith
William Eugene Smith was an influential American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays published in magazines such as Life.
E1459863 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 Eugene Smith | Statement: [W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, namedForFullName, William Eugene Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Eugene Smith
Context triple: [W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, namedForFullName, William Eugene Smith]
  • A. Lou Rosenthal
    Lou Rosenthal is a musician best known as a member of the British beat group The Merseybeats, associated with the 1960s Merseybeat scene.
  • B. Herbert L. Matthews
    Herbert L. Matthews was an influential American journalist and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, best known for his reporting on revolutionary movements, particularly in Cuba.
  • C. George Gellhorn
    George Gellhorn was a German-born gynecologist and medical researcher, best known as the father of American war correspondent and author Martha Gellhorn.
  • D. John D. Gunther
    John D. Gunther is a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse breeder known for producing multiple elite, stakes-winning horses.
  • E. A. M. Rosenthal
    A. M. Rosenthal was an influential American journalist and longtime New York Times editor known for his role in shaping modern investigative and international reporting.
  • 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 Eugene Smith
Triple: [W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, namedForFullName, William Eugene Smith]
Generated description
William Eugene Smith was an influential American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays published in magazines such as Life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Eugene Smith
Target entity description: William Eugene Smith was an influential American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays published in magazines such as Life.
  • A. Lou Rosenthal
    Lou Rosenthal is a musician best known as a member of the British beat group The Merseybeats, associated with the 1960s Merseybeat scene.
  • B. Herbert L. Matthews
    Herbert L. Matthews was an influential American journalist and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, best known for his reporting on revolutionary movements, particularly in Cuba.
  • C. George Gellhorn
    George Gellhorn was a German-born gynecologist and medical researcher, best known as the father of American war correspondent and author Martha Gellhorn.
  • D. John D. Gunther
    John D. Gunther is a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse breeder known for producing multiple elite, stakes-winning horses.
  • E. A. M. Rosenthal
    A. M. Rosenthal was an influential American journalist and longtime New York Times editor known for his role in shaping modern investigative and international reporting.
  • 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_69e0b4fde6c48190af1398e7e734629e completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fb71d644819087e00933fcc26217 completed April 21, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09279a50bc8190a2ac4bda770fe6fa completed May 17, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0928b4be448190bd862c8f971e61d9 completed May 17, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0929734a5c8190911e54b601118bae completed May 17, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 1:32 p.m.