Triple
T15917469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | "howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith |
E386005
|
entity |
| Predicate | orderedBy |
P4692
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jacob H. Smith
Jacob H. Smith was a U.S. Army general infamous for his brutal conduct during the Philippine–American War, particularly for ordering a scorched-earth "howling wilderness" campaign in Samar.
|
E1182381
|
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: Jacob H. Smith | Statement: ["howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith, orderedBy, Jacob H. Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob H. Smith Context triple: ["howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith, orderedBy, Jacob H. Smith]
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A.
Kevin Maurice Johnson
Kevin Maurice Johnson is a former NBA All-Star point guard who became the mayor of Sacramento, California.
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B.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
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C.
Herman Shumlin
Herman Shumlin was an American theater and film director best known for his work on politically charged Broadway plays and their screen adaptations in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
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E.
Michele Hicks
Michele Hicks is an American actress and former fashion model known for her roles in television series such as "The Shield" and various independent films.
- 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: Jacob H. Smith Triple: ["howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith, orderedBy, Jacob H. Smith]
Generated description
Jacob H. Smith was a U.S. Army general infamous for his brutal conduct during the Philippine–American War, particularly for ordering a scorched-earth "howling wilderness" campaign in Samar.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob H. Smith Target entity description: Jacob H. Smith was a U.S. Army general infamous for his brutal conduct during the Philippine–American War, particularly for ordering a scorched-earth "howling wilderness" campaign in Samar.
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A.
Kevin Maurice Johnson
Kevin Maurice Johnson is a former NBA All-Star point guard who became the mayor of Sacramento, California.
-
B.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr.
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. is an American Republican politician and former U.S. Representative from Virginia who chaired the House Commerce Committee and played a key role in major financial deregulation legislation.
-
C.
Herman Shumlin
Herman Shumlin was an American theater and film director best known for his work on politically charged Broadway plays and their screen adaptations in the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Phil Wallace
Phil Wallace is a British businessman best known for owning and serving as long-time chairman of Stevenage Football Club.
-
E.
Michele Hicks
Michele Hicks is an American actress and former fashion model known for her roles in television series such as "The Shield" and various independent films.
- 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_69d86da686e4819097cbf3b1fc2d881d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e1567ef7f881908862eaf5bf2e98fd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffb05d1fb481909b42bea774a15c70 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffb0cfac808190b32bb25659603fb4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffb15b987c8190ae9c96f15fc55b27 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:52 a.m.