Triple
T2217669
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Smiley |
E48068
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ann Smiley
Ann Smiley is the unfaithful and enigmatic wife of British intelligence officer George Smiley in John le Carré’s spy novels.
|
E245051
|
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: Ann Smiley | Statement: [George Smiley, spouse, Ann Smiley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Smiley Context triple: [George Smiley, spouse, Ann Smiley]
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A.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
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B.
Kathleen Buchanan Smith
Kathleen Buchanan Smith was the wife of British physicist and Nobel laureate George Paget Thomson.
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C.
Jane Fulks
Jane Fulks is the birth name of Jane Wyman, the Academy Award–winning American actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan.
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D.
Kaye Brinker
Kaye Brinker was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
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E.
Ann Schmeltz Bowers
Ann Schmeltz Bowers is an American technology executive and philanthropist known for her early leadership roles at Intel and Apple and for her significant charitable contributions, particularly in education and technology.
- 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: Ann Smiley Triple: [George Smiley, spouse, Ann Smiley]
Generated description
Ann Smiley is the unfaithful and enigmatic wife of British intelligence officer George Smiley in John le Carré’s spy novels.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ann Smiley Target entity description: Ann Smiley is the unfaithful and enigmatic wife of British intelligence officer George Smiley in John le Carré’s spy novels.
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A.
Nancy Shevell
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman and heiress best known for her long-term relationship and marriage to musician Paul McCartney.
-
B.
Kathleen Buchanan Smith
Kathleen Buchanan Smith was the wife of British physicist and Nobel laureate George Paget Thomson.
-
C.
Jane Fulks
Jane Fulks is the birth name of Jane Wyman, the Academy Award–winning American actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan.
-
D.
Kaye Brinker
Kaye Brinker was the wife of American film and television actor Hugh Marlowe.
-
E.
Ann Schmeltz Bowers
Ann Schmeltz Bowers is an American technology executive and philanthropist known for her early leadership roles at Intel and Apple and for her significant charitable contributions, particularly in education and technology.
- 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_69a88aa1ee708190862c8c378c41e9eb |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc010bd4c8190ace293b37eac1de5 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae65594c948190a43bdab03e61c130 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae65e191f88190a08f96e8ba5f71bb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae66590480819093de9e9abf681a6a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:46 p.m.