Triple

T723656
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buttonwood Agreement E14672 entity
Predicate signatory P173 FINISHED
Object Hugh Smith
Hugh Smith was one of the early New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
E111648 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: Hugh Smith | Statement: [Buttonwood Agreement, signatory, Hugh Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Smith
Context triple: [Buttonwood Agreement, signatory, Hugh Smith]
  • A. Harry Fielding Reid
    Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
  • B. Hugh Herbert
    Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
  • C. John A. Wilson
    John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
  • D. William Rockhill Nelson
    William Rockhill Nelson was an American newspaper publisher and civic leader in Kansas City whose philanthropy and art patronage led to the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
  • E. Henry Rossiter Worthington
    Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
  • 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: Hugh Smith
Triple: [Buttonwood Agreement, signatory, Hugh Smith]
Generated description
Hugh Smith was one of the early New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Smith
Target entity description: Hugh Smith was one of the early New York stockbrokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • A. Harry Fielding Reid
    Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
  • B. Hugh Herbert
    Hugh Herbert was an American comedian, character actor, and screenwriter best known for his eccentric, fluttery persona in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
  • C. John A. Wilson
    John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
  • D. William Rockhill Nelson
    William Rockhill Nelson was an American newspaper publisher and civic leader in Kansas City whose philanthropy and art patronage led to the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
  • E. Henry Rossiter Worthington
    Henry Rossiter Worthington was a 19th-century American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering improvements in steam pumping technology and helping to establish mechanical engineering as a formal profession.
  • 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_69a4934c753c81909b309027e48b9b3a completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a5a5360c8190b16e1e4f4206d0aa completed March 1, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a826c4a35081909903e42dfa56d582 completed March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a853f4c7208190b86f59bac6795436 completed March 4, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a854742cc48190960031b7af060369 completed March 4, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.