Triple

T6910221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject L. Neil Smith E159911 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Lester Neil Smith III
Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American science fiction author and libertarian activist noted for his libertarian-themed alternate history and space opera novels.
 E628029 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: Lester Neil Smith III | Statement: [L. Neil Smith, fullName, Lester Neil Smith III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lester Neil Smith III
Context triple: [L. Neil Smith, fullName, Lester Neil Smith III]
  • A. Lester Don Holt Jr.
    Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American television journalist best known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and a prominent figure in broadcast news.
  • B. Joseph Lee Smith
    Joseph Lee Smith was an American military officer and the father of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
  • C. Joe Smith Jr.
    Joe Smith Jr. is an American professional boxer known for his upset victories over several former world champions and for his power-punching style in the light heavyweight division.
  • D. Jimmy Smith
    Jimmy Smith was an influential American jazz organist whose innovative Hammond B-3 playing helped popularize soul jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • 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: Lester Neil Smith III
Triple: [L. Neil Smith, fullName, Lester Neil Smith III]
Generated description
Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American science fiction author and libertarian activist noted for his libertarian-themed alternate history and space opera novels.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lester Neil Smith III
Target entity description: Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American science fiction author and libertarian activist noted for his libertarian-themed alternate history and space opera novels.
  • A. Lester Don Holt Jr.
    Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American television journalist best known as the anchor of NBC Nightly News and a prominent figure in broadcast news.
  • B. Joseph Lee Smith
    Joseph Lee Smith was an American military officer and the father of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
  • C. Joe Smith Jr.
    Joe Smith Jr. is an American professional boxer known for his upset victories over several former world champions and for his power-punching style in the light heavyweight division.
  • D. Jimmy Smith
    Jimmy Smith was an influential American jazz organist whose innovative Hammond B-3 playing helped popularize soul jazz in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • E. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • 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_69c68839ccb88190b4aa5cc1aca3448f completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d9c00e948190b103a2b2a2738bb1 completed March 27, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c749076f6c819088b0b40dd3e208b0 completed March 28, 2026, 3:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c74c274258819099913ac5610730ac completed March 28, 2026, 3:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c74cca47b88190867550802db43ef0 completed March 28, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:25 p.m.