Triple

T22718961
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Reagan–Carter presidential debate of October 28, 1980 E561808 entity
Predicate moderator P10370 FINISHED
Object Howard K. Smith — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Howard K. Smith | Statement: [Reagan–Carter presidential debate of October 28, 1980, moderator, Howard K. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard K. Smith
Context triple: [Reagan–Carter presidential debate of October 28, 1980, moderator, Howard K. Smith]
  • A. Howard K. Smith chosen
    Howard K. Smith was a prominent American broadcast journalist and television news anchor known for his work with CBS and ABC during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Howard A. Smith
    Howard A. Smith was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the 1961 romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
  • C. Howard W. Smith
    Howard W. Smith was a powerful mid-20th-century Virginia congressman and conservative Democrat known for his influential role on the House Rules Committee and his opposition to New Deal and civil rights legislation.
  • D. Howard E. Smith
    Howard E. Smith is a film editor best known for his work on the acclaimed drama "Glengarry Glen Ross."
  • E. Howard E. Smith
    Howard E. Smith is a film editor best known for his work on the thriller "Snakes on a Plane."
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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_69e2454fc984819088213b58ee87a002 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1790fbf9c819082ba7b48801a7b39 completed April 29, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:19 p.m.