Triple
T902061
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Life |
E19467
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuredPhotographer |
P12333
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
|
E108935
|
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: W. Eugene Smith | Statement: [Life, featuredPhotographer, W. Eugene Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Eugene Smith Context triple: [Life, featuredPhotographer, W. Eugene Smith]
-
A.
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer renowned for her humanistic, often intimate photojournalism and long association with Magnum Photos.
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B.
Walker Evans
Walker Evans was a prominent American photographer renowned for his stark, influential images of everyday life during the Great Depression.
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C.
Russell Lee
Russell Lee was an American photographer best known for his extensive documentary work for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, capturing vivid images of rural and small-town life.
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D.
John Vachon
John Vachon was an American photographer best known for his poignant documentary images of rural and small-town life during the Great Depression and World War II.
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E.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”
- 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: W. Eugene Smith Triple: [Life, featuredPhotographer, W. Eugene Smith]
Generated description
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. Eugene Smith Target entity description: W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
-
A.
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer renowned for her humanistic, often intimate photojournalism and long association with Magnum Photos.
-
B.
Walker Evans
Walker Evans was a prominent American photographer renowned for his stark, influential images of everyday life during the Great Depression.
-
C.
Russell Lee
Russell Lee was an American photographer best known for his extensive documentary work for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, capturing vivid images of rural and small-town life.
-
D.
John Vachon
John Vachon was an American photographer best known for his poignant documentary images of rural and small-town life during the Great Depression and World War II.
-
E.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”
- 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_69a4939e889c8190ac148b3ac1a7f90b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b2b9339081909af5ab231be39bb0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7cf5a4118819086035d6e250a53cc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7d082b4388190bcf04692c273e5cc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7d49784d08190b334de4fe634f1c6 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.