Triple
T16324161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Springfield Nuclear Power Plant |
E396370
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedCharacter |
P12208
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Waylon Smithers |
E246660
|
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: Waylon Smithers | Statement: [Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, associatedCharacter, Waylon Smithers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waylon Smithers Context triple: [Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, associatedCharacter, Waylon Smithers]
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A.
Waylon Smithers
chosen
Waylon Smithers is the loyal, sycophantic assistant to Mr. Burns on the animated television series "The Simpsons," known for his unrequited admiration for his boss and his meticulous, obedient nature.
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B.
Hopsy McDodd
Hopsy McDodd is one of the many children of Mayor Ned McDodd in Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears a Who!" and its film adaptations.
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C.
Duncan Quagmire
Duncan Quagmire is a character from Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events," one of the Quagmire triplets who befriends the Baudelaire orphans and shares their tragic, mystery-filled fate.
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D.
Melvin Sneedly
Melvin Sneedly is a brainy, rule-obsessed student and occasional antagonist from the "Captain Underpants" book series by Dav Pilkey.
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e296b8fe988190adee72b23246052f |
completed | April 17, 2026, 8:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0035537d188190a88753d58939faf4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 7:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.