Triple

T26307
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Airlines E526 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object C. R. Smith
C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
E35480 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: C. R. Smith | Statement: [American Airlines, founder, C. R. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. R. Smith
Context triple: [American Airlines, founder, C. R. Smith]
  • A. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • D. Walter A. Brown
    Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
  • E. Sidney Darlington
    Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
  • 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: C. R. Smith
Triple: [American Airlines, founder, C. R. Smith]
Generated description
C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: C. R. Smith
Target entity description: C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • A. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • D. Walter A. Brown
    Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
  • E. Sidney Darlington
    Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
  • 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_69a243b4ac2c8190b93c303df797b7b2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a246776cf48190aca9855cb07e8d89 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a38f4ad71881909f914571472c15fa completed March 1, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a38fa022b88190938ab9a65a85ad2a completed March 1, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3901ce7f88190ab94662c43a6008b completed March 1, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 a.m.