Triple

T2533064
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smith Act E56206 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object 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.
E275063 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: Howard W. Smith | Statement: [Smith Act, namedAfter, Howard W. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard W. Smith
Context triple: [Smith Act, namedAfter, Howard W. Smith]
  • A. 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."
  • B. John Sherman Cooper
    John Sherman Cooper was a prominent American Republican politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Kentucky known for his moderate views and influential role in mid-20th-century foreign and domestic policy.
  • C. James Eastland
    James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
  • D. Howard Dwight Smith
    Howard Dwight Smith was an American architect best known for designing Ohio Stadium at Ohio State University.
  • E. Clarence F. Underwood
    Clarence F. Underwood was an American illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in magazines, books, and popular fiction.
  • 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: Howard W. Smith
Triple: [Smith Act, namedAfter, Howard W. Smith]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard W. Smith
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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."
  • B. John Sherman Cooper
    John Sherman Cooper was a prominent American Republican politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Kentucky known for his moderate views and influential role in mid-20th-century foreign and domestic policy.
  • C. James Eastland
    James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
  • D. Howard Dwight Smith
    Howard Dwight Smith was an American architect best known for designing Ohio Stadium at Ohio State University.
  • E. Clarence F. Underwood
    Clarence F. Underwood was an American illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work in magazines, books, and popular fiction.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd27afe7c8190984e10d3f3d5586b completed March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2bb9c37081909128d7a227651c8b completed March 9, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af4fedb0a48190a9d9da8eeebfe074 completed March 9, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af50551fd88190829d20ab2be426d4 completed March 9, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.