Triple

T420741
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Tarawa E8095 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object 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.
E210949 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: Julian C. Smith | Statement: [Battle of Tarawa, commander, Julian C. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julian C. Smith
Context triple: [Battle of Tarawa, commander, Julian C. Smith]
  • A. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • B. Julian D. King
    Julian D. King was the young nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, whose tragic death led to the creation of the Julian D. King Gift Foundation in his memory.
  • C. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • D. Benjamin A. Smith II
    Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
  • E. James E. Shepard
    James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
  • 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: Julian C. Smith
Triple: [Battle of Tarawa, commander, Julian C. Smith]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julian C. Smith
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • B. Julian D. King
    Julian D. King was the young nephew of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, whose tragic death led to the creation of the Julian D. King Gift Foundation in his memory.
  • C. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • D. Benjamin A. Smith II
    Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
  • E. James E. Shepard
    James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
  • 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eebf65cc81908196fee4f09d5889 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeaaaad508190992c7b50e9397450 completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb1ee4648190afd50782988b115c completed March 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adeb9f28dc8190a0493a72153c60e6 completed March 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.