Triple

T255085
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Space Needle E5419 entity
Predicate engineer P184 FINISHED
Object Charles H. Smith
Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
E167460 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: Charles H. Smith | Statement: [Space Needle, engineer, Charles H. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles H. Smith
Context triple: [Space Needle, engineer, Charles H. Smith]
  • A. Charles G. Smith
    Charles G. Smith was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder of the defense and aerospace company Raytheon.
  • B. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • E. George P. Davis
    George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
  • 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: Charles H. Smith
Triple: [Space Needle, engineer, Charles H. Smith]
Generated description
Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles H. Smith
Target entity description: Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • A. Charles G. Smith
    Charles G. Smith was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder of the defense and aerospace company Raytheon.
  • B. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Robert W. Hunt
    Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
  • E. George P. Davis
    George P. Davis was the taxpayer whose challenge to the Social Security Act’s payroll tax provisions led to the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Helvering v. Davis.
  • 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_69a25d5669008190978bbd7308be11f7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e5413448190bd9112e2b3d83826 completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0f2b046081908be111f16e2de0fb completed March 8, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0fe782548190a437386ee2f4c2d5 completed March 8, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.