Triple
T15336020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hal Smith |
E366667
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harold John Smith
Harold John Smith, better known as Hal Smith, was an American actor and voice actor best remembered for playing Otis Campbell on the television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
|
E1154028
|
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: Harold John Smith | Statement: [Hal Smith, birthName, Harold John Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold John Smith Context triple: [Hal Smith, birthName, Harold John Smith]
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A.
Harold Jacob Smith
Harold Jacob Smith was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award–winning work on socially conscious films in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Sidney Earle Smith
Sidney Earle Smith was a Canadian academic and politician who served as president of the University of Toronto and later as Secretary of State for External Affairs.
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C.
Harold Briggs
Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
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D.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
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E.
William F. Smith
William F. Smith was an individual interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, a historic burial ground for many notable figures.
- 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: Harold John Smith Triple: [Hal Smith, birthName, Harold John Smith]
Generated description
Harold John Smith, better known as Hal Smith, was an American actor and voice actor best remembered for playing Otis Campbell on the television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harold John Smith Target entity description: Harold John Smith, better known as Hal Smith, was an American actor and voice actor best remembered for playing Otis Campbell on the television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
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A.
Harold Jacob Smith
Harold Jacob Smith was an American screenwriter best known for his Academy Award–winning work on socially conscious films in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Sidney Earle Smith
Sidney Earle Smith was a Canadian academic and politician who served as president of the University of Toronto and later as Secretary of State for External Affairs.
-
C.
Harold Briggs
Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
-
D.
Arthur J. Brown
Arthur J. Brown was a sports team owner best known for owning the New Jersey Americans basketball franchise, a precursor to the Brooklyn Nets in the American Basketball Association.
-
E.
William F. Smith
William F. Smith was an individual interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, a historic burial ground for many notable figures.
- 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_69d85a1355608190a6673ddb67231d54 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e03c5f081908e4d14dbdbc7f7a6 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff133f242c819099ec5288ae4a622f |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff14042ce8819084817836b096f175 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff14745a8c81909b10d6b21b88b50b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:17 a.m.