Triple
T18105649
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hawaiian Kingdom cabinet ministers |
E433339
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William James 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: William James Smith | Statement: [Hawaiian Kingdom cabinet ministers, positionHeldBy, William James Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William James Smith Context triple: [Hawaiian Kingdom cabinet ministers, positionHeldBy, William James Smith]
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A.
William Smith Jr.
William Smith Jr. was an American lawyer and political figure from New York who played a role in the founding era of the United States, including early state constitutional development.
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B.
William Smith Jewett
William Smith Jewett was a 19th-century American painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.
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C.
William Owen Smith
William Owen Smith was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii who played a key role in the islands’ political transformation and legal affairs.
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D.
George M. Dawson
George M. Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor whose exploratory work in the Yukon and western Canada led to several places, including Dawson City, being named in his honor.
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E.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
- 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: William James Smith Target entity description: William James Smith was a political figure who served as a cabinet minister in the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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A.
William Smith Jr.
William Smith Jr. was an American lawyer and political figure from New York who played a role in the founding era of the United States, including early state constitutional development.
-
B.
William Smith Jewett
William Smith Jewett was a 19th-century American painter known for his portraits and genre scenes.
-
C.
William Owen Smith
William Owen Smith was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii who played a key role in the islands’ political transformation and legal affairs.
-
D.
George M. Dawson
George M. Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor whose exploratory work in the Yukon and western Canada led to several places, including Dawson City, being named in his honor.
-
E.
Oliver Bascom
Oliver Bascom was a 19th-century American politician who served as a New York State Canal Commissioner, helping oversee the administration and development of the state's canal system.
- 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_69d8b90916008190a1f110bd7ced5473 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4ddb9981c8190b33697fbcaa901b3 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.