Triple

T388722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HKS, Inc. E8834 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Harwood K. Smith and Partners
Harwood K. Smith and Partners was the original architectural firm founded by Harwood K. Smith that later evolved into the global design practice now known as HKS, Inc.
E49125 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: Harwood K. Smith and Partners | Statement: [HKS, Inc., formerName, Harwood K. Smith and Partners]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harwood K. Smith and Partners
Context triple: [HKS, Inc., formerName, Harwood K. Smith and Partners]
  • A. Sullivan & Worcester
    Sullivan & Worcester is a Boston-based law firm known for its corporate, tax, and real estate practices and its work with business and financial clients.
  • B. Arup Associates
    Arup Associates is a multidisciplinary architectural and engineering firm known for designing innovative, high-performance buildings and cultural venues.
  • C. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
    Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects was a prominent New York–based modernist architecture firm known for its museum, cultural, and institutional projects.
  • D. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Ellerbe Becket
    Ellerbe Becket is a major American architectural and engineering firm known for designing large-scale sports, entertainment, and public assembly venues worldwide.
  • 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: Harwood K. Smith and Partners
Triple: [HKS, Inc., formerName, Harwood K. Smith and Partners]
Generated description
Harwood K. Smith and Partners was the original architectural firm founded by Harwood K. Smith that later evolved into the global design practice now known as HKS, Inc.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harwood K. Smith and Partners
Target entity description: Harwood K. Smith and Partners was the original architectural firm founded by Harwood K. Smith that later evolved into the global design practice now known as HKS, Inc.
  • A. Sullivan & Worcester
    Sullivan & Worcester is a Boston-based law firm known for its corporate, tax, and real estate practices and its work with business and financial clients.
  • B. Arup Associates
    Arup Associates is a multidisciplinary architectural and engineering firm known for designing innovative, high-performance buildings and cultural venues.
  • C. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
    Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects was a prominent New York–based modernist architecture firm known for its museum, cultural, and institutional projects.
  • D. Holabird & Roche
    Holabird & Roche was a prominent Chicago-based architectural firm known for its influential early skyscraper designs and major civic projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. Ellerbe Becket
    Ellerbe Becket is a major American architectural and engineering firm known for designing large-scale sports, entertainment, and public assembly venues worldwide.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5988708190aa86d9460cecf050 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a40351d710819093a4a84e0263164c completed March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a403dc6ad8819098835ab77b4b5183 completed March 1, 2026, 9:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4043141fc8190bf5109b10a32c89a completed March 1, 2026, 9:17 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.