Triple

T10460533
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waylon Smithers E246660 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Smithers
Smithers is a fictional surname most famously associated with Waylon Smithers, the loyal assistant to Mr. Burns on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
 E865042 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: Smithers | Statement: [Waylon Smithers, familyName, Smithers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smithers
Context triple: [Waylon Smithers, familyName, Smithers]
  • A. Peter Smithers
    Peter Smithers was a British Conservative politician, diplomat, and former intelligence officer who notably served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe in the 1960s.
  • B. Gussie
    Gussie is a fictional character best known as the hapless young protagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic story “Extricating Young Gussie.”
  • C. Mr. Smith
    "Mr. Smith" is a 1995 hip hop album by LL Cool J that marked a successful commercial comeback and features hits like "Hey Lover" and "Doin' It."
  • D. Percival Snooper
    Percival Snooper is a comically prudish and meddlesome character from the British comedy film "Carry On Loving," known for his involvement in the film’s farcical romantic entanglements.
  • E. Sylvester Smith
    Sylvester Smith is a person known primarily as the sibling of Sophia Smith.
  • 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: Smithers
Triple: [Waylon Smithers, familyName, Smithers]
Generated description
Smithers is a fictional surname most famously associated with Waylon Smithers, the loyal assistant to Mr. Burns on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Smithers
Target entity description: Smithers is a fictional surname most famously associated with Waylon Smithers, the loyal assistant to Mr. Burns on the animated television series "The Simpsons."
  • A. Peter Smithers
    Peter Smithers was a British Conservative politician, diplomat, and former intelligence officer who notably served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe in the 1960s.
  • B. Gussie
    Gussie is a fictional character best known as the hapless young protagonist in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic story “Extricating Young Gussie.”
  • C. Mr. Smith
    "Mr. Smith" is a 1995 hip hop album by LL Cool J that marked a successful commercial comeback and features hits like "Hey Lover" and "Doin' It."
  • D. Percival Snooper
    Percival Snooper is a comically prudish and meddlesome character from the British comedy film "Carry On Loving," known for his involvement in the film’s farcical romantic entanglements.
  • E. Sylvester Smith
    Sylvester Smith is a person known primarily as the sibling of Sophia Smith.
  • 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_69d381c04fe08190957c26c526a3b05a completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d50882eb0c8190a4311634b867eab1 completed April 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d89fcc84b48190a39de0d9b9111ebd completed April 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d8a1656b348190ba932d03402d6a4d completed April 10, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d8a2b82bb48190899f37a967fef444 completed April 10, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:18 p.m.