Triple
T3035
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herbert Hoover |
E56
|
entity |
| Predicate | defeatedCandidate |
P354
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
|
E5458
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Al Smith | Statement: [Herbert Hoover, defeatedCandidate, Al Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Smith Context triple: [Herbert Hoover, defeatedCandidate, Al Smith]
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
William T. Golden
William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
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C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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D.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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E.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
- 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: Al Smith Triple: [Herbert Hoover, defeatedCandidate, Al Smith]
Generated description
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al Smith Target entity description: Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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A.
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
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B.
William T. Golden
William T. Golden was an American investment banker and influential science policy advisor who played a key role in shaping post–World War II U.S. science and technology policy.
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C.
Harold A. Wheeler
Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
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D.
John V. L. Hogan
John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
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E.
Harold Hazen
Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: defeatedCandidate Context triple: [Herbert Hoover, defeatedCandidate, Al Smith]
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A.
appointedBy
Indicates that one entity has been formally selected or assigned to a position, role, or office by another entity.
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B.
hasElectoralVotes
Indicates that a political entity (such as a state or district) possesses a specified number of votes in an electoral system used to choose an officeholder.
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C.
successor
Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
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D.
elects
Indicates that one entity selects or chooses another entity for a position, role, or office, typically through a formal voting process.
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E.
hasMayor
Indicates that one entity serves as the mayor of another entity, typically a city, town, or municipality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a2328f0e848190ac2840eaf2d5ebd2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:10 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2346846608190b6b40d31f1dbd685 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a25528aa18819088213f16547924ca |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2569c52808190acb928405528d174 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2575b51188190b8fce6ea4e424ce1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a233c396ec8190986608d07fb251d4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:16 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69a2346794cc8190afce97b703903389 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:18 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:13 a.m.