Triple

T11347223
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carey Van Dyke E268747 entity
Predicate coWriterWith P7870 FINISHED
Object Brian D. Smith
Brian D. Smith is a screenwriter known for collaborating on film and television projects, including co-writing work with Carey Van Dyke.
 E935185 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: Brian D. Smith | Statement: [Carey Van Dyke, coWriterWith, Brian D. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian D. Smith
Context triple: [Carey Van Dyke, coWriterWith, Brian D. Smith]
  • A. Brian J. Smith
    Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
  • B. Mark L. Smith
    Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter best known for his work on intense genre films, including co-writing the Oscar-winning survival drama "The Revenant."
  • C. Jason A. Smith
    Jason A. Smith is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who previously served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • D. Robert E. Smith
    Robert E. Smith is an American billionaire private equity investor and philanthropist, best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners.
  • E. Nicholas C. Smith
    Nicholas C. Smith is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Brave."
  • 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: Brian D. Smith
Triple: [Carey Van Dyke, coWriterWith, Brian D. Smith]
Generated description
Brian D. Smith is a screenwriter known for collaborating on film and television projects, including co-writing work with Carey Van Dyke.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian D. Smith
Target entity description: Brian D. Smith is a screenwriter known for collaborating on film and television projects, including co-writing work with Carey Van Dyke.
  • A. Brian J. Smith
    Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
  • B. Mark L. Smith
    Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter best known for his work on intense genre films, including co-writing the Oscar-winning survival drama "The Revenant."
  • C. Jason A. Smith
    Jason A. Smith is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who previously served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • D. Robert E. Smith
    Robert E. Smith is an American billionaire private equity investor and philanthropist, best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners.
  • E. Nicholas C. Smith
    Nicholas C. Smith is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Brave."
  • 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_69d6aacbe18081909e5fadb50082dd96 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7ea214bb88190bb66f7fd3ef73081 completed April 9, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e713122ef8819086c8d7e37c00a1c2 completed April 21, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e720f4015c81909ba7973c3e781985 completed April 21, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e75a7a04c88190bb8f3dd3f3e435ef completed April 21, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.