Triple

T5374852
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject W. Eugene Smith E108935 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Minamata
Minamata is a powerful photo-essay and book by W. Eugene Smith documenting the devastating effects of industrial mercury poisoning on a Japanese fishing community.
E516325 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: Minamata | Statement: [W. Eugene Smith, notableWork, Minamata]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minamata
Context triple: [W. Eugene Smith, notableWork, Minamata]
  • A. Toyokawa
    Toyokawa is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Toyokawa Inari temple and manufacturing industries.
  • B. Sendai
    Sendai is the largest city in Japan’s Tōhoku region, known for its lush greenery, historic sites, and status as a major economic and cultural center in northeastern Honshu.
  • C. Ayabe
    Ayabe is a small city in the northern part of Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture, known for its rural landscapes, traditional industries, and spiritual retreat centers.
  • D. Tanabe
    Tanabe is a coastal city in Japan known as a gateway to the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes and for its scenic natural landscapes.
  • E. Daikanyama
    Daikanyama is a trendy, upscale neighborhood in Tokyo known for its stylish boutiques, cafes, and relaxed, residential atmosphere.
  • 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: Minamata
Triple: [W. Eugene Smith, notableWork, Minamata]
Generated description
Minamata is a powerful photo-essay and book by W. Eugene Smith documenting the devastating effects of industrial mercury poisoning on a Japanese fishing community.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minamata
Target entity description: Minamata is a powerful photo-essay and book by W. Eugene Smith documenting the devastating effects of industrial mercury poisoning on a Japanese fishing community.
  • A. Toyokawa
    Toyokawa is a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, known for its historic Toyokawa Inari temple and manufacturing industries.
  • B. Sendai
    Sendai is the largest city in Japan’s Tōhoku region, known for its lush greenery, historic sites, and status as a major economic and cultural center in northeastern Honshu.
  • C. Ayabe
    Ayabe is a small city in the northern part of Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture, known for its rural landscapes, traditional industries, and spiritual retreat centers.
  • D. Tanabe
    Tanabe is a coastal city in Japan known as a gateway to the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes and for its scenic natural landscapes.
  • E. Daikanyama
    Daikanyama is a trendy, upscale neighborhood in Tokyo known for its stylish boutiques, cafes, and relaxed, residential atmosphere.
  • 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_69bd440c77948190aad2a5f39b7b80f5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd86aed2a8819089d9e699f53563db completed March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf293f6458819091c32080782b56ed completed March 21, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf2a23ba1881909ddc549728bbc2d3 completed March 21, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2e6d5f9081908327dff0058241f0 completed March 21, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.