Triple

T5584492
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Julian Sinclair Smith E146719 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object David D. Smith
David D. Smith is an American media executive best known as the longtime chairman and former CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
E533883 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 D. Smith | Statement: [Julian Sinclair Smith, child, David D. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David D. Smith
Context triple: [Julian Sinclair Smith, child, David D. Smith]
  • A. Michael Shub
    Michael Shub is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his influential work in dynamical systems, complexity theory, and cryptography, including co-developing the Blum–Blum–Shub pseudorandom number generator.
  • B. David P. Smith
    David P. Smith is an American animation filmmaker best known for co-directing the animated feature film "Trolls World Tour."
  • C. John Knill
    John Knill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
  • D. Ray W. Bliss
    Ray W. Bliss was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army medical officer whose service and leadership in military medicine led to a major Army health center being named in his honor.
  • E. Michael Rao
    Michael Rao is an American academic administrator who serves as the president of Virginia Commonwealth University.
  • 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 D. Smith
Triple: [Julian Sinclair Smith, child, David D. Smith]
Generated description
David D. Smith is an American media executive best known as the longtime chairman and former CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David D. Smith
Target entity description: David D. Smith is an American media executive best known as the longtime chairman and former CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
  • A. Michael Shub
    Michael Shub is an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his influential work in dynamical systems, complexity theory, and cryptography, including co-developing the Blum–Blum–Shub pseudorandom number generator.
  • B. David P. Smith
    David P. Smith is an American animation filmmaker best known for co-directing the animated feature film "Trolls World Tour."
  • C. John Knill
    John Knill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the field, as evidenced by honors such as the William Smith Medal.
  • D. Ray W. Bliss
    Ray W. Bliss was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army medical officer whose service and leadership in military medicine led to a major Army health center being named in his honor.
  • E. Michael Rao
    Michael Rao is an American academic administrator who serves as the president of Virginia Commonwealth University.
  • 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_69c0090287a08190b4098411effe970c completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02085d0e48190b8d185fe7f3d8579 completed March 22, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c02862bd048190b9db0fd3f3562da2 completed March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c03f8b6e948190870b98d6d69193fe completed March 22, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0404f0a3081908850794f9a5cea40 completed March 22, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:37 p.m.