Triple

T2557848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Independent E56769 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Andreas Whittam Smith
Andreas Whittam Smith is a British journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founding editor of the UK national newspaper The Independent.
E298780 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: Andreas Whittam Smith | Statement: [The Independent, foundedBy, Andreas Whittam Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andreas Whittam Smith
Context triple: [The Independent, foundedBy, Andreas Whittam Smith]
  • A. John Victor-Smith
    John Victor-Smith is a film editor best known for his work on major feature films including the superhero movie "Superman III."
  • B. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • C. Philip Smith
    Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
  • D. Nathan C. Wyeth
    Nathan C. Wyeth was an American architect best known for designing the first permanent Oval Office in the White House.
  • E. Robert Whitman
    Robert Whitman is the husband of economist and former General Motors executive Marina von Neumann Whitman.
  • 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: Andreas Whittam Smith
Triple: [The Independent, foundedBy, Andreas Whittam Smith]
Generated description
Andreas Whittam Smith is a British journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founding editor of the UK national newspaper The Independent.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andreas Whittam Smith
Target entity description: Andreas Whittam Smith is a British journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founding editor of the UK national newspaper The Independent.
  • A. John Victor-Smith
    John Victor-Smith is a film editor best known for his work on major feature films including the superhero movie "Superman III."
  • B. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • C. Philip Smith
    Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
  • D. Nathan C. Wyeth
    Nathan C. Wyeth was an American architect best known for designing the first permanent Oval Office in the White House.
  • E. Robert Whitman
    Robert Whitman is the husband of economist and former General Motors executive Marina von Neumann Whitman.
  • 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_69ab4a4bfec081908039988ec4c86e28 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd33153fc8190aa106e23ee645f63 completed March 7, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6316e848190a843f9fd5b152e9f completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc6b723f48190b93df0dc2de6c839 completed March 10, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc750fee08190bf3c112f6f204af4 completed March 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:48 p.m.