Triple

T3854702
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Esquire E85384 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object David A. Smart
David A. Smart was an American magazine publisher and co-founder of Esquire who became a prominent figure in mid-20th-century publishing and the arts.
 E392580 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: David A. Smart | Statement: [Esquire, foundedBy, David A. Smart]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David A. Smart
Context triple: [Esquire, foundedBy, David A. Smart]
  • A. Richard W. Smith
    Richard W. Smith is a member of the Smith family best known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
  • B. Adrian D. Smith
    Adrian D. Smith is an American architect renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest and most iconic skyscrapers.
  • C. David R. Francis
    David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Nicholas C. Smith
    Nicholas C. Smith is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Brave."
  • E. Mark L. Smith
    Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter best known for his work on intense genre films, including co-writing the Oscar-winning survival drama "The Revenant."
  • 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: David A. Smart
Triple: [Esquire, foundedBy, David A. Smart]
Generated description
David A. Smart was an American magazine publisher and co-founder of Esquire who became a prominent figure in mid-20th-century publishing and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David A. Smart
Target entity description: David A. Smart was an American magazine publisher and co-founder of Esquire who became a prominent figure in mid-20th-century publishing and the arts.
  • A. Richard W. Smith
    Richard W. Smith is a member of the Smith family best known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
  • B. Adrian D. Smith
    Adrian D. Smith is an American architect renowned for designing some of the world’s tallest and most iconic skyscrapers.
  • C. David R. Francis
    David R. Francis was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, and U.S. ambassador to Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. Nicholas C. Smith
    Nicholas C. Smith is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Brave."
  • E. Mark L. Smith
    Mark L. Smith is an American screenwriter best known for his work on intense genre films, including co-writing the Oscar-winning survival drama "The Revenant."
  • 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_69aed936de1c81908f91bed80f70abb2 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec05ec4c8190bd5e5463163712dc completed March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5041c7250819093b2743afeb6e36c completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b504c46dcc8190a9775c39e5c734a9 completed March 14, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b505742830819093a861bde17c03c0 completed March 14, 2026, 6:51 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.