Triple

T6202325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward E. Smith E138663 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Edward Elmer Smith
Edward Elmer Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera works, including the Lensman and Skylark series.
 E602846 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: Edward Elmer Smith | Statement: [Edward E. Smith, fullName, Edward Elmer Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Elmer Smith
Context triple: [Edward E. Smith, fullName, Edward Elmer Smith]
  • A. Lyman Cornelius Smith
    Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Charles Aubrey Smith
    Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • C. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • D. Eugene F. Stoermer
    Eugene F. Stoermer was an American freshwater ecologist best known for helping introduce and popularize the term "Anthropocene" to describe humanity’s profound impact on the Earth’s systems.
  • E. Robert Weston Smith
    Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
  • 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: Edward Elmer Smith
Triple: [Edward E. Smith, fullName, Edward Elmer Smith]
Generated description
Edward Elmer Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera works, including the Lensman and Skylark series.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward Elmer Smith
Target entity description: Edward Elmer Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera works, including the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • A. Lyman Cornelius Smith
    Lyman Cornelius Smith was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his role in the typewriter and firearms industries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Charles Aubrey Smith
    Charles Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor best known for playing dignified, often aristocratic English gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • C. Charles Alton Ellis
    Charles Alton Ellis was an American structural engineer best known for performing the complex mathematical and design work that made the Golden Gate Bridge possible.
  • D. Eugene F. Stoermer
    Eugene F. Stoermer was an American freshwater ecologist best known for helping introduce and popularize the term "Anthropocene" to describe humanity’s profound impact on the Earth’s systems.
  • E. Robert Weston Smith
    Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
  • 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_69c008acbea48190991c6b834bb45d65 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0626a32908190a3332008aee2e4a9 completed March 22, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6d4fdd7288190bb9aef680beb906d completed March 27, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6d622831c8190b09b8539e36afb7c completed March 27, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6d6b00ebc8190b893b3e209bf07c0 completed March 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:20 p.m.