Triple

T2120173
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lilies of the Field E43901 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Homer Smith
Homer Smith is the itinerant African American handyman and ex-GI who helps a group of German nuns build a chapel in the novel and film "Lilies of the Field."
 E235444 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: Homer Smith | Statement: [Lilies of the Field, character, Homer Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Homer Smith
Context triple: [Lilies of the Field, character, Homer Smith]
  • A. Homer Jack
    Homer Jack was an American Unitarian minister and prominent civil rights and peace activist who helped lead and organize key mid-20th-century social justice movements.
  • B. Homer Murray
    Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
  • C. Winston Hibler
    Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Eugene Miller
    Eugene Miller was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "The Mark of Zorro."
  • E. Ned Homfeld
    Ned Homfeld is an American entrepreneur best known for founding Spirit Airlines, a major U.S. ultra-low-cost carrier.
  • 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: Homer Smith
Triple: [Lilies of the Field, character, Homer Smith]
Generated description
Homer Smith is the itinerant African American handyman and ex-GI who helps a group of German nuns build a chapel in the novel and film "Lilies of the Field."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Homer Smith
Target entity description: Homer Smith is the itinerant African American handyman and ex-GI who helps a group of German nuns build a chapel in the novel and film "Lilies of the Field."
  • A. Homer Jack
    Homer Jack was an American Unitarian minister and prominent civil rights and peace activist who helped lead and organize key mid-20th-century social justice movements.
  • B. Homer Murray
    Homer Murray is an American chef and restaurateur, best known as the son of actor Bill Murray and for running the Brooklyn restaurant 21 Greenpoint.
  • C. Winston Hibler
    Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Eugene Miller
    Eugene Miller was a screenwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood films such as "The Mark of Zorro."
  • E. Ned Homfeld
    Ned Homfeld is an American entrepreneur best known for founding Spirit Airlines, a major U.S. ultra-low-cost carrier.
  • 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_69a88717cfe48190b7ecdd68c824848a completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbb32efb48190bcb99f30787a3a55 completed March 7, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae307c63688190905c6d24743f9117 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae30f9d0448190a0b3251676d9825d completed March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae316491c88190a9aa5ef47766b1f8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.