Triple

T6796116
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Colour of Magic E156056 entity
Predicate coverArtist P184 FINISHED
Object Alan Smith
Alan Smith is an artist known for illustrating book covers, including fantasy works such as Terry Pratchett’s "The Colour of Magic."
 E623125 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: Alan Smith | Statement: [The Colour of Magic, coverArtist, Alan Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Smith
Context triple: [The Colour of Magic, coverArtist, Alan Smith]
  • A. Arthur Smith
    Arthur Smith is a member of the Smith family, known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
  • B. Art Smith
    Art Smith is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur best known for his Southern-inspired cuisine and for serving as a personal chef to high-profile clients, including Oprah Winfrey.
  • C. Art Smith
    Art Smith was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic film noir and drama during the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Phil Smith
    Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
  • E. Andy Smith
    Andy Smith was an early 20th-century American college football coach best known for leading the University of California Golden Bears to national prominence with multiple undefeated seasons.
  • 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: Alan Smith
Triple: [The Colour of Magic, coverArtist, Alan Smith]
Generated description
Alan Smith is an artist known for illustrating book covers, including fantasy works such as Terry Pratchett’s "The Colour of Magic."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alan Smith
Target entity description: Alan Smith is an artist known for illustrating book covers, including fantasy works such as Terry Pratchett’s "The Colour of Magic."
  • A. Arthur Smith
    Arthur Smith is a member of the Smith family, known as a son of FedEx founder Frederick W. Smith.
  • B. Art Smith
    Art Smith is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur best known for his Southern-inspired cuisine and for serving as a personal chef to high-profile clients, including Oprah Winfrey.
  • C. Art Smith
    Art Smith was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in classic film noir and drama during the 1940s and 1950s.
  • D. Phil Smith
    Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
  • E. Andy Smith
    Andy Smith was an early 20th-century American college football coach best known for leading the University of California Golden Bears to national prominence with multiple undefeated seasons.
  • 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_69c6881844448190a65822d9b39d7f88 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d2c872f0819092f21e8fdbecc667 completed March 27, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c72f94b7388190806939f8e8982d2e completed March 28, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c730f488808190acb1bf82502aed89 completed March 28, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7314a92948190adfddd0122d7b1f2 completed March 28, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:15 p.m.