Triple
T10706455
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | E. E. "Doc" Smith |
E252418
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Edward Elmer Smith |
E602846
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Edward Elmer Smith | Statement: [E. E. "Doc" Smith, fullName, Edward Elmer Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Elmer Smith Context triple: [E. E. "Doc" Smith, fullName, Edward Elmer Smith]
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A.
Edward Elmer Smith
chosen
Edward Elmer Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera works, including the Lensman and Skylark series.
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B.
Lyman Cornelius Smith
Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Charles Aubrey Smith
Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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D.
Thomas Wilson Brown
Thomas Wilson Brown is an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Knots Landing."
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E.
Charles Alton Ellis
Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aa5cbabc8190973e683950d89faf |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6fddfbed48190810bb3faee473fde |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6e2527570819092314ee0a678e53c |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:12 p.m.