Triple

T7159837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Smith Fund E166911 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Smith
William Smith was a pioneering English geologist, often called the "Father of English Geology," known for creating the first nationwide geological map.
E645464 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: William Smith | Statement: [William Smith Fund, namedAfter, William Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smith
Context triple: [William Smith Fund, namedAfter, William Smith]
  • A. William Smith
    William Smith was a 19th-century American religious leader best known as a younger brother of Joseph Smith and an early apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement.
  • B. William Smith
    William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
  • C. William Smith
    William Smith was a British sealer and explorer credited with the early 19th-century discovery of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.
  • D. William Smith
    William Smith was the second husband of famed Broadway and film musical star Ethel Merman.
  • E. William Smith
    William Smith was the birth name of American character actor Franklyn Farnum, who appeared in numerous films and early television productions.
  • 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: William Smith
Triple: [William Smith Fund, namedAfter, William Smith]
Generated description
William Smith was a pioneering English geologist, often called the "Father of English Geology," known for creating the first nationwide geological map.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smith
Target entity description: William Smith was a pioneering English geologist, often called the "Father of English Geology," known for creating the first nationwide geological map.
  • A. William Smith
    William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
  • B. William Smith
    William Smith was a British sealer and explorer credited with the early 19th-century discovery of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.
  • C. William Smith
    William Smith was a 19th-century American religious leader best known as a younger brother of Joseph Smith and an early apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement.
  • D. William Smith
    William Smith was the second husband of famed Broadway and film musical star Ethel Merman.
  • E. William Smith
    William Smith was the birth name of American character actor Franklyn Farnum, who appeared in numerous films and early television productions.
  • 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_69c68887a5cc8190bec0ea96227164f7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e811d6b081909dafeee1d820c74f completed March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7adbbe8008190b470cf049ba4be52 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7aeca9b0c8190a9255e9e04689192 completed March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7af3aea348190be03e85322d49879 completed March 28, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.