Triple
T5309152
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Environmental Defense Fund |
E120177
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Smolker
Robert Smolker is an environmental advocate best known for co-founding the Environmental Defense Fund, a leading nonprofit focused on environmental protection and policy.
|
E510709
|
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: Robert Smolker | Statement: [Environmental Defense Fund, founder, Robert Smolker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Smolker Context triple: [Environmental Defense Fund, founder, Robert Smolker]
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A.
Don Smolenski
Don Smolenski is an American sports executive best known for serving as the president of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, overseeing the franchise’s business operations.
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B.
Rick Smolan
Rick Smolan is an American photographer and former Time, Life, and National Geographic photojournalist best known for creating the "Day in the Life" book series and for his work documenting large-scale human and technological stories.
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C.
Howard Lasnik
Howard Lasnik is a prominent American linguist known for his influential work in generative syntax and his close collaboration with Noam Chomsky in developing contemporary syntactic theory.
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D.
Ben Seresin
Ben Seresin is a New Zealand-born cinematographer known for his work on large-scale action and blockbuster films such as Godzilla vs. Kong, World War Z, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
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E.
Michael Vavitch
Michael Vavitch was a silent-era film actor known for his role in the 1924 drama "The Red Lily."
- 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: Robert Smolker Triple: [Environmental Defense Fund, founder, Robert Smolker]
Generated description
Robert Smolker is an environmental advocate best known for co-founding the Environmental Defense Fund, a leading nonprofit focused on environmental protection and policy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Smolker Target entity description: Robert Smolker is an environmental advocate best known for co-founding the Environmental Defense Fund, a leading nonprofit focused on environmental protection and policy.
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A.
Don Smolenski
Don Smolenski is an American sports executive best known for serving as the president of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, overseeing the franchise’s business operations.
-
B.
Rick Smolan
Rick Smolan is an American photographer and former Time, Life, and National Geographic photojournalist best known for creating the "Day in the Life" book series and for his work documenting large-scale human and technological stories.
-
C.
Howard Lasnik
Howard Lasnik is a prominent American linguist known for his influential work in generative syntax and his close collaboration with Noam Chomsky in developing contemporary syntactic theory.
-
D.
Ben Seresin
Ben Seresin is a New Zealand-born cinematographer known for his work on large-scale action and blockbuster films such as Godzilla vs. Kong, World War Z, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
-
E.
Michael Vavitch
Michael Vavitch was a silent-era film actor known for his role in the 1924 drama "The Red Lily."
- 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_69bd44704be88190acdb2ac481b0ff55 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8532c26c819084f5b8de542cd309 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf10ffb1f08190aba4c1c860085c92 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf14c687908190bafa9f99e10d7698 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf15675c888190ae8107fdab02aa25 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m.