Triple

T254126
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smithsonian Institution E5399 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object James Smithson
James Smithson was a British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest funded the creation of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
E33579 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: James Smithson | Statement: [Smithsonian Institution, foundedBy, James Smithson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Smithson
Context triple: [Smithsonian Institution, foundedBy, James Smithson]
  • A. William Small
    William Small was an 18th-century Scottish physician and educator known for his influence on Thomas Jefferson and his role in the intellectual circle of the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • B. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • C. Josiah Whitney
    Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
  • D. Simon Newcomb
    Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
  • E. Jacob Bigelow
    Jacob Bigelow was a 19th-century American physician, botanist, and architect known for pioneering the rural cemetery movement and promoting practical science and public health.
  • 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: James Smithson
Triple: [Smithsonian Institution, foundedBy, James Smithson]
Generated description
James Smithson was a British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest funded the creation of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Smithson
Target entity description: James Smithson was a British scientist and philanthropist whose bequest funded the creation of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States.
  • A. William Small
    William Small was an 18th-century Scottish physician and educator known for his influence on Thomas Jefferson and his role in the intellectual circle of the Lunar Society of Birmingham.
  • B. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • C. Josiah Whitney
    Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
  • D. Simon Newcomb
    Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
  • E. Jacob Bigelow
    Jacob Bigelow was a 19th-century American physician, botanist, and architect known for pioneering the rural cemetery movement and promoting practical science and public health.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d548cac819081b1636b2a057c62 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3837479408190bb6e6f0eb6a7fe46 completed March 1, 2026, 12:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a384140aec8190ab918512cf088464 completed March 1, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3848c0ed08190acf0d0e33ca8b41c completed March 1, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.