Triple

T3725013
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joyce Carol Oates E81726 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Raymond J. Smith
Raymond J. Smith was an American editor, publisher, and co-founder of The Ontario Review, best known as the longtime husband and literary collaborator of author Joyce Carol Oates.
E598689 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: Raymond J. Smith | Statement: [Joyce Carol Oates, spouse, Raymond J. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raymond J. Smith
Context triple: [Joyce Carol Oates, spouse, Raymond J. Smith]
  • A. Raymond Smith
    Raymond Smith is a character known for being linked to the medical condition of dry eye.
  • B. Raymond Smith
    Raymond Smith is a central figure in the crime film "The Gentlemen," serving as the right-hand man and trusted enforcer for marijuana kingpin Mickey Pearson.
  • C. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • D. James L. Massey
    James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • E. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • 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: Raymond J. Smith
Triple: [Joyce Carol Oates, spouse, Raymond J. Smith]
Generated description
Raymond J. Smith was an American editor, publisher, and co-founder of The Ontario Review, best known as the longtime husband and literary collaborator of author Joyce Carol Oates.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raymond J. Smith
Target entity description: Raymond J. Smith was an American editor, publisher, and co-founder of The Ontario Review, best known as the longtime husband and literary collaborator of author Joyce Carol Oates.
  • A. Raymond Smith
    Raymond Smith is a central figure in the crime film "The Gentlemen," serving as the right-hand man and trusted enforcer for marijuana kingpin Mickey Pearson.
  • B. Raymond Smith
    Raymond Smith is a character known for being linked to the medical condition of dry eye.
  • C. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • D. James L. Massey
    James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
  • E. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • 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_69ad8b1b7ef081908d2d381bbf54985a completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcaf54af881908bd8d520595de061 completed March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6855bd42c8190a9fbebd5176d63fd completed March 27, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6994dafac819097586bd23aee35c4 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6ac08698c8190b8a0a9625492353b completed March 27, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.