Triple

T6910258
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject L. Neil Smith E159911 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Cathy L. Smith
Cathy L. Smith is known as the spouse of American libertarian science fiction author L. Neil Smith.
E628037 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: Cathy L. Smith | Statement: [L. Neil Smith, spouse, Cathy L. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cathy L. Smith
Context triple: [L. Neil Smith, spouse, Cathy L. Smith]
  • A. Karen E. Smith
    Karen E. Smith is an American mathematician renowned for her contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, as well as for her influential expository work and leadership in the mathematical community.
  • B. Linda R. Gaddy
    Linda R. Gaddy was the wife of Theodore G. Bilbo, a controversial early 20th-century Mississippi politician and segregationist who served as both governor and U.S. senator.
  • C. Christina M. Smith
    Christina M. Smith is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Westmount, a suburb of Montreal in Quebec.
  • D. Cathy Shumway
    Cathy Shumway is a character from the satirical 1970s television soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • E. Kathy J. Warden
    Kathy J. Warden is an American business executive and defense industry leader who serves as the chief executive of Northrop Grumman, one of the largest aerospace and defense contractors in the world.
  • 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: Cathy L. Smith
Triple: [L. Neil Smith, spouse, Cathy L. Smith]
Generated description
Cathy L. Smith is known as the spouse of American libertarian science fiction author L. Neil Smith.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cathy L. Smith
Target entity description: Cathy L. Smith is known as the spouse of American libertarian science fiction author L. Neil Smith.
  • A. Karen E. Smith
    Karen E. Smith is an American mathematician renowned for her contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, as well as for her influential expository work and leadership in the mathematical community.
  • B. Linda R. Gaddy
    Linda R. Gaddy was the wife of Theodore G. Bilbo, a controversial early 20th-century Mississippi politician and segregationist who served as both governor and U.S. senator.
  • C. Christina M. Smith
    Christina M. Smith is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of Westmount, a suburb of Montreal in Quebec.
  • D. Cathy Shumway
    Cathy Shumway is a character from the satirical 1970s television soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
  • E. Kathy J. Warden
    Kathy J. Warden is an American business executive and defense industry leader who serves as the chief executive of Northrop Grumman, one of the largest aerospace and defense contractors in the world.
  • 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.