Triple

T32026770
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oliver R. Smoot E817837 entity
Predicate hasMeasurementUnitNamedAfter P116407 FINISHED
Object smoot
The smoot is a humorous, nonstandard unit of length originating from an MIT fraternity prank in 1958, defined by the height of Oliver R. Smoot.
 E1988231 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: smoot | Statement: [Oliver R. Smoot, hasMeasurementUnitNamedAfter, smoot]
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: smoot
Triple: [Oliver R. Smoot, hasMeasurementUnitNamedAfter, smoot]
Generated description
The smoot is a humorous, nonstandard unit of length originating from an MIT fraternity prank in 1958, defined by the height of Oliver R. Smoot.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: hasMeasurementUnitNamedAfter
Context triple: [Oliver R. Smoot, hasMeasurementUnitNamedAfter, smoot]
  • A. measurementUnitNamedAfterDiscoverer
    Indicates that a measurement unit is named after the person who discovered or originated the underlying concept, quantity, or phenomenon it measures.
  • B. hasEponymousUnit chosen
    Indicates that something is named after a person or entity as its eponym.
  • C. hasMeasurementNamedAfter
    Indicates that a measurement unit or scale is named in honor of a particular entity.
  • D. unitOfMeasure
    Indicates that one entity specifies the standard unit in which the quantity or value of another entity is measured.
  • E. hasUnitOf
    Indicates that a quantity, measurement, or value is expressed in terms of a specific unit.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69f348fb04e4819081f4eab040ed7959 completed April 30, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69fe72dca2f08190beff17de3d2aada6 completed May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a2ed4eff9188190a3c20a7b491b743d completed June 14, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a2ed5d5e50481909643301cbb095e03 completed June 14, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a2ed721fb788190ba3719843972260f completed June 14, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69fe70bca8d08190b810e1e616ceac44 completed May 8, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
Created at: May 1, 2026, 12:17 a.m.