Triple
T10250118
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Powhatan Wars |
E240317
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableCommander |
P1197
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Smith
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, and early leader of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, known for his pivotal role in the early years of English colonization in North America.
|
E51677
|
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: John Smith | Statement: [Powhatan Wars, notableCommander, John Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Smith Context triple: [Powhatan Wars, notableCommander, John Smith]
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A.
John
John Parke Custis was the son of Martha Washington and stepson of George Washington, known as a Virginia planter and member of the colonial gentry.
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B.
John
John is the birth name of American actor Jack Lemmon, a celebrated star of classic films such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
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C.
John
John is the given name of Colonel John Barnwell, an early 18th-century colonial military leader from South Carolina known for his role in conflicts with Native American tribes.
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D.
John
John is the given name of American journalist and politician John Weiss Forney, known for his influential role in 19th-century U.S. media and Democratic Party politics.
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E.
John
John is the first name of Scottish actor and entertainer Jack Buchanan, whose full name was John David Hope Buchanan.
- 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: John Smith Triple: [Powhatan Wars, notableCommander, John Smith]
Generated description
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, and early leader of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, known for his pivotal role in the early years of English colonization in North America.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Smith Target entity description: John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, and early leader of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, known for his pivotal role in the early years of English colonization in North America.
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A.
John Smith
chosen
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, and leader who played a pivotal role in the establishment and survival of the Jamestown colony in early colonial Virginia.
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B.
John Smith
John Smith was a delegate from South Carolina who served in the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary era.
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C.
John Smith
John Smith is an individual known primarily as the husband of Jane Smith.
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D.
John Smith
John Smith was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition in the early 1990s until his sudden death in 1994.
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E.
John Smith
John Smith was a 19th-century British officer credited with bringing the Ajanta Caves to modern attention after rediscovering them in 1819.
- F. None of above.
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_69d381a7e198819090280d5ab885d59e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d23d7300819095971560759cf456 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f7bf00c881909c1e494a9460c3ce |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6fcab0bfc8190b47bc165ef3eb15d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d70fc3b15081908d1b67a7094c6210 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:28 a.m.