Triple
T10415473
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richmond Theatre fire |
E245502
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableVictim |
P870
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George William Smith
George William Smith was the governor of Virginia who tragically died in the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire, one of the deadliest urban disasters in early American history.
|
E862232
|
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: George William Smith | Statement: [Richmond Theatre fire, notableVictim, George William Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George William Smith Context triple: [Richmond Theatre fire, notableVictim, George William Smith]
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A.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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B.
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach was a British zoologist and marine biologist of the early 19th century known for his influential work in classifying a wide range of animal groups, including birds and crustaceans.
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C.
Charles Hamilton Smith
Charles Hamilton Smith was a 19th-century British soldier, naturalist, illustrator, and zoologist known for his detailed studies and depictions of animals.
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D.
Joseph Houlton
Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
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E.
George Buckley
George Buckley is a British businessman best known for serving as the chairman and CEO of 3M.
- 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: George William Smith Triple: [Richmond Theatre fire, notableVictim, George William Smith]
Generated description
George William Smith was the governor of Virginia who tragically died in the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire, one of the deadliest urban disasters in early American history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George William Smith Target entity description: George William Smith was the governor of Virginia who tragically died in the 1811 Richmond Theatre fire, one of the deadliest urban disasters in early American history.
-
A.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
-
B.
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach was a British zoologist and marine biologist of the early 19th century known for his influential work in classifying a wide range of animal groups, including birds and crustaceans.
-
C.
Charles Hamilton Smith
Charles Hamilton Smith was a 19th-century British soldier, naturalist, illustrator, and zoologist known for his detailed studies and depictions of animals.
-
D.
Joseph Houlton
Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
-
E.
George Buckley
George Buckley is a British businessman best known for serving as the chairman and CEO of 3M.
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4ea0f7d188190a60a7c3832c51515 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7fc043074819083d219ec1c40f931 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:10 p.m.