Triple
T17498318
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Biddy Mason |
E426126
|
entity |
| Predicate | enslavedBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert Marion Smith |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Robert Marion Smith | Statement: [Biddy Mason, enslavedBy, Robert Marion Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Marion Smith Context triple: [Biddy Mason, enslavedBy, Robert Marion Smith]
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A.
Henry Justin Smith
Henry Justin Smith was an influential American newspaper editor and author best known for his leadership at the Chicago Daily News in the early 20th century.
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B.
Cecil Clementi Smith
Cecil Clementi Smith was a British colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States in the late 19th century.
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C.
Cyril S. Smith
Cyril S. Smith was a prominent American metallurgist and materials scientist known for his key role in the Manhattan Project and his influential work on the structure and history of metals.
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D.
Charles Aubrey Smith
Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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E.
Woodrow Wilson Smith
Woodrow Wilson Smith is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author Henry Kuttner.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Marion Smith Target entity description: Robert Marion Smith was a 19th-century American slaveholder known primarily for having enslaved Biddy Mason before she successfully sued for her freedom in California.
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A.
Henry Justin Smith
Henry Justin Smith was an influential American newspaper editor and author best known for his leadership at the Chicago Daily News in the early 20th century.
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B.
Cecil Clementi Smith
Cecil Clementi Smith was a British colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States in the late 19th century.
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C.
Cyril S. Smith
Cyril S. Smith was a prominent American metallurgist and materials scientist known for his key role in the Manhattan Project and his influential work on the structure and history of metals.
-
D.
Charles Aubrey Smith
Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
-
E.
Woodrow Wilson Smith
Woodrow Wilson Smith is a pseudonym used by American science fiction author Henry Kuttner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d889dccf7481909264a1844a2e9100 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4521028048190aa7c4023a72a12f4 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 3:54 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m.