Triple

T1392630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zadie Smith E29993 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Nick Laird
Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
 E234346 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: Nick Laird | Statement: [Zadie Smith, spouse, Nick Laird]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nick Laird
Context triple: [Zadie Smith, spouse, Nick Laird]
  • A. Alasdair Roberts
    Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish folk musician and singer-songwriter known for his intricate guitar work, traditional balladry, and releases on independent labels such as Drag City.
  • B. Douglas Hamilton
    Douglas Hamilton is a Scottish noble titleholder best known as the 8th Duke of Hamilton, a prominent aristocrat of the 18th century.
  • C. John Brett
    John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
  • D. Colin Goudie
    Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
  • E. Patrick Sellar
    Patrick Sellar was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and factor infamous for his central role in the brutal Highland Clearances on the Sutherland estate.
  • 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: Nick Laird
Triple: [Zadie Smith, spouse, Nick Laird]
Generated description
Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nick Laird
Target entity description: Nick Laird is a Northern Irish poet, novelist, and lawyer known for his acclaimed poetry collections and fiction, as well as his marriage to writer Zadie Smith.
  • A. Alasdair Roberts
    Alasdair Roberts is a Scottish folk musician and singer-songwriter known for his intricate guitar work, traditional balladry, and releases on independent labels such as Drag City.
  • B. Douglas Hamilton
    Douglas Hamilton is a Scottish noble titleholder best known as the 8th Duke of Hamilton, a prominent aristocrat of the 18th century.
  • C. John Brett
    John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
  • D. Colin Goudie
    Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
  • E. Patrick Sellar
    Patrick Sellar was a 19th-century Scottish lawyer and factor infamous for his central role in the brutal Highland Clearances on the Sutherland estate.
  • 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_69a498dc92f8819094a1108f8ac90f43 completed March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c360a7f08190ab7e903764b06fdf completed March 1, 2026, 10:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae3037944c8190b2ced5f5ca539260 completed March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae3149922c819085fb2af51d53304c completed March 9, 2026, 2:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae31a67eb08190a3ef64e83301fabc completed March 9, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.