Triple

T10390042
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eyak E244865 entity
Predicate lastNativeSpeaker P64080 FINISHED
Object Marie Smith Jones
Marie Smith Jones was an American Indigenous elder and language activist known as the last fluent speaker of the Eyak language of Alaska.
E926836 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Marie Smith Jones | Statement: [Eyak, lastNativeSpeaker, Marie Smith Jones]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marie Smith Jones
Context triple: [Eyak, lastNativeSpeaker, Marie Smith Jones]
  • A. Mildred Helen Jones
    Mildred Helen Jones was the wife of American newspaper publisher and three-time Ohio governor James M. Cox, a prominent Democratic politician and 1920 U.S. presidential candidate.
  • B. Mary Gibbs Jones
    Mary Gibbs Jones was an American philanthropist and civic leader best known for her charitable work in Houston and her role in establishing the Houston Endowment with her husband, Jesse H. Jones.
  • C. Virginia Lucille Jones
    Virginia Lucille Jones was the wife of American comic actor Oliver Hardy, one half of the legendary film comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • D. Della Mae Jones
    Della Mae Jones was the woman who married Robert Stroud, the infamous "Birdman of Alcatraz," during his imprisonment.
  • E. Marie Drinkard
    Marie Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, known for its deep roots in American gospel music and its connection to prominent singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
  • 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: Marie Smith Jones
Triple: [Eyak, lastNativeSpeaker, Marie Smith Jones]
Generated description
Marie Smith Jones was an American Indigenous elder and language activist known as the last fluent speaker of the Eyak language of Alaska.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marie Smith Jones
Target entity description: Marie Smith Jones was an American Indigenous elder and language activist known as the last fluent speaker of the Eyak language of Alaska.
  • A. Mildred Helen Jones
    Mildred Helen Jones was the wife of American newspaper publisher and three-time Ohio governor James M. Cox, a prominent Democratic politician and 1920 U.S. presidential candidate.
  • B. Mary Gibbs Jones
    Mary Gibbs Jones was an American philanthropist and civic leader best known for her charitable work in Houston and her role in establishing the Houston Endowment with her husband, Jesse H. Jones.
  • C. Virginia Lucille Jones
    Virginia Lucille Jones was the wife of American comic actor Oliver Hardy, one half of the legendary film comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • D. Della Mae Jones
    Della Mae Jones was the woman who married Robert Stroud, the infamous "Birdman of Alcatraz," during his imprisonment.
  • E. Marie Drinkard
    Marie Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, known for its deep roots in American gospel music and its connection to prominent singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: lastNativeSpeaker
Context triple: [Eyak, lastNativeSpeaker, Marie Smith Jones]
  • A. lastTraditionalNativeSpeakerOftenCitedAs chosen
    Indicates that the subject is widely regarded or referenced as the last traditional native speaker of the language or dialect in question.
  • B. hasNativeSpeakers
    Indicates that a language or dialect is spoken as a first language by one or more people or populations.
  • C. lastNativeSpeakersDiedOut
    Indicates that the final remaining native speakers of a language or dialect have died, resulting in the loss of native speech for that language.
  • D. hasNoNativeSpeakers
    Indicates that the language or dialect is not natively acquired as a first language by any living community.
  • E. hasApproximateNativeSpeakers
    Indicates that an entity is associated with an estimated or approximate number of people who speak it as their native language.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d381b5116081908d85227bab6d3c0c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e9b4f7d08190bcb16d3b4c8f22ad completed April 7, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e5e877c6188190817fb30f2c9a07bf completed April 20, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e5f1557e9c8190b53ce391793b2c7f completed April 20, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5f863bf7c81908969ed0a5b99f032 completed April 20, 2026, 9:56 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d4dfb0e7a88190bec0b7a52c70dfe2 completed April 7, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:05 p.m.