Triple
T5374835
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. Eugene Smith |
E108935
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Eugene Smith |
E12467
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Eugene Smith | Statement: [W. Eugene Smith, birthName, William Eugene Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Eugene Smith Context triple: [W. Eugene Smith, birthName, William Eugene Smith]
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A.
George Gellhorn
George Gellhorn was a German-born gynecologist and medical researcher, best known as the father of American war correspondent and author Martha Gellhorn.
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B.
Joe Rosenthal
chosen
Joe Rosenthal was an American photojournalist best known for his iconic World War II photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
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C.
Irving Lippman
Irving Lippman was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century films and television series.
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D.
Seymour Hersh
Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist renowned for uncovering major government abuses and scandals, including the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.
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E.
George Polk
George Polk was an American journalist best known for his investigative reporting and his mysterious 1948 murder during the Greek Civil War, which later inspired the creation of the George Polk Awards in journalism.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd440c77948190aad2a5f39b7b80f5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86aed2a8819089d9e699f53563db |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf293f6458819091c32080782b56ed |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.