Triple

T7026431
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Maynard Smith E162957 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Sheila Maynard Smith
Sheila Maynard Smith was the wife of evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith and a supportive partner throughout his academic and scientific career.
E659730 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: Sheila Maynard Smith | Statement: [John Maynard Smith, spouse, Sheila Maynard Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Maynard Smith
Context triple: [John Maynard Smith, spouse, Sheila Maynard Smith]
  • A. Shirley Smith
    Shirley Smith is an artist best known for designing the original first-edition cover of Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
  • B. Maxine Smith
    Maxine Smith was a prominent civil rights leader and longtime executive secretary of the Memphis NAACP who played a central role in desegregation and voting rights efforts in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • C. Sherry Smith
    Sherry Smith was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher known for his strong performances in several World Series appearances.
  • D. Renée Felice Smith
    Renée Felice Smith is an American actress best known for her longtime role as intelligence analyst Nell Jones on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
  • E. Rose Smith
    Rose Smith is a central daughter in the Smith family and a romantic lead in the classic 1944 MGM musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis."
  • 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: Sheila Maynard Smith
Triple: [John Maynard Smith, spouse, Sheila Maynard Smith]
Generated description
Sheila Maynard Smith was the wife of evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith and a supportive partner throughout his academic and scientific career.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Maynard Smith
Target entity description: Sheila Maynard Smith was the wife of evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith and a supportive partner throughout his academic and scientific career.
  • A. Shirley Smith
    Shirley Smith is an artist best known for designing the original first-edition cover of Harper Lee’s novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."
  • B. Maxine Smith
    Maxine Smith was a prominent civil rights leader and longtime executive secretary of the Memphis NAACP who played a central role in desegregation and voting rights efforts in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • C. Sherry Smith
    Sherry Smith was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher known for his strong performances in several World Series appearances.
  • D. Renée Felice Smith
    Renée Felice Smith is an American actress best known for her longtime role as intelligence analyst Nell Jones on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles.
  • E. Rose Smith
    Rose Smith is a central daughter in the Smith family and a romantic lead in the classic 1944 MGM musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis."
  • 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_69c6885b26248190a857541e3d10e299 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e1fd6ab48190865271e16e8ff669 completed March 27, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8029da4688190ae479d3f791aa1c2 completed March 28, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c80362bcb88190ad8c42f520d7dd56 completed March 28, 2026, 4:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c803da5e2c819098814b16d14cf837 completed March 28, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:35 p.m.