Triple

T5122241
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lawrence B. Slobodkin E115495 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Frederic E. Smith
Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
 E496568 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: Frederic E. Smith | Statement: [Lawrence B. Slobodkin, coAuthor, Frederic E. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frederic E. Smith
Context triple: [Lawrence B. Slobodkin, coAuthor, Frederic E. Smith]
  • A. Frederick Edwin Smith
    Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a prominent British Conservative politician, lawyer, and Lord Chancellor in the early 20th century.
  • B. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • C. Frederick W. Smith
    Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
  • D. C. R. Smith
    C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • E. H. M. Smith
    H. M. Smith was a high-ranking United States Marine Corps officer whose leadership and service led to a major military installation being 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: Frederic E. Smith
Triple: [Lawrence B. Slobodkin, coAuthor, Frederic E. Smith]
Generated description
Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frederic E. Smith
Target entity description: Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
  • A. Frederick Edwin Smith
    Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a prominent British Conservative politician, lawyer, and Lord Chancellor in the early 20th century.
  • B. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • C. Frederick W. Smith
    Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
  • D. C. R. Smith
    C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • E. H. M. Smith
    H. M. Smith was a high-ranking United States Marine Corps officer whose leadership and service led to a major military installation being 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_69bd4442ade0819087b9461f892b206b completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd780341ac8190b7403811d340c74f completed March 20, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bec4b401a481909abf6660401c47dc completed March 21, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec6ff39a08190adb303fa2a6b5193 completed March 21, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec808062c8190b2c0ee234477af95 completed March 21, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:42 p.m.