Triple

T3696770
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frances Farmer E78476 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object William W. Smith
William W. Smith was the husband of American actress Frances Farmer, known primarily for his marriage to the troubled Hollywood star.
 E456866 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 W. Smith | Statement: [Frances Farmer, spouse, William W. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William W. Smith
Context triple: [Frances Farmer, spouse, William W. Smith]
  • A. William S. Smith
    William S. Smith was an American military officer and public figure who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later held various diplomatic and political roles in the early United States.
  • B. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • C. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • D. Bruce Bernard Smith
    Bruce Bernard Smith is a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end best known for his dominant pass-rushing career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
  • E. Frederick Wallace Smith
    Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
  • 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 W. Smith
Triple: [Frances Farmer, spouse, William W. Smith]
Generated description
William W. Smith was the husband of American actress Frances Farmer, known primarily for his marriage to the troubled Hollywood star.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William W. Smith
Target entity description: William W. Smith was the husband of American actress Frances Farmer, known primarily for his marriage to the troubled Hollywood star.
  • A. William S. Smith
    William S. Smith was an American military officer and public figure who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later held various diplomatic and political roles in the early United States.
  • B. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • C. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • D. Bruce Bernard Smith
    Bruce Bernard Smith is a Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end best known for his dominant pass-rushing career with the Buffalo Bills in the NFL.
  • E. Frederick Wallace Smith
    Frederick Wallace Smith is an American businessman best known as the founder, chairman, and former CEO of FedEx Corporation.
  • 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_69ad85e3b1888190abc983e06968696d completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc5115ad8819085ffa938de3943f4 completed March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdf9f26be48190bf21b252a922ca69 completed March 21, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfba6f8e08190ad6c802ec1cb5ce2 completed March 21, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc6ac91c819090776365d3dc05d4 completed March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.