Triple

T17498318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Biddy Mason E426126 entity
Predicate enslavedBy P347 FINISHED
Object Robert Marion Smith 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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.