Triple
T2209978
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Adjutant General of the Continental Army |
E50891
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William S. Smith
William S. Smith was an American military officer and public figure who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later held various diplomatic and political roles in the early United States.
|
E245560
|
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: William S. Smith | Statement: [Adjutant General of the Continental Army, positionHeldBy, William S. Smith]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Smith Context triple: [Adjutant General of the Continental Army, positionHeldBy, William S. Smith]
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A.
Julian C. Smith
Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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B.
Charles H. Smith
Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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C.
Philip Smith
Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
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D.
Amos B. Smith III
Amos B. Smith III is a prominent American organic chemist known for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to organic methodology.
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E.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
- 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: William S. Smith Triple: [Adjutant General of the Continental Army, positionHeldBy, William S. Smith]
Generated description
William S. Smith was an American military officer and public figure who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later held various diplomatic and political roles in the early United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Smith Target entity description: William S. Smith was an American military officer and public figure who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later held various diplomatic and political roles in the early United States.
-
A.
Julian C. Smith
Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
-
B.
Charles H. Smith
Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
-
C.
Philip Smith
Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
-
D.
Amos B. Smith III
Amos B. Smith III is a prominent American organic chemist known for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to organic methodology.
-
E.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
- 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_69a88b06709c8190978fb2418470d1b6 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbfce5abc8190b90b92e32045385d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae655045d081909b8294ec706e0814 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae662f689881908ecd76952b78f863 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae668ef8bc819085ed1c83f447d396 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.