Triple

T8178615
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lick Observatory E191002 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object W. F. Smith
W. F. Smith was an architect known for designing the Lick Observatory, one of the earliest major mountaintop astronomical observatories in the United States.
 E716457 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: W. F. Smith | Statement: [Lick Observatory, architect, W. F. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. F. Smith
Context triple: [Lick Observatory, architect, W. F. Smith]
  • A. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • B. Frederic E. Smith
    Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
  • C. C. R. Smith
    C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • D. Frederick Edwin Smith
    Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a prominent British Conservative politician, lawyer, and Lord Chancellor in the early 20th century.
  • E. H. M. Smith
    H. M. Smith was a high-ranking United States Marine Corps officer whose leadership and service led to a major military installation being named in his honor.
  • 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: W. F. Smith
Triple: [Lick Observatory, architect, W. F. Smith]
Generated description
W. F. Smith was an architect known for designing the Lick Observatory, one of the earliest major mountaintop astronomical observatories in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. F. Smith
Target entity description: W. F. Smith was an architect known for designing the Lick Observatory, one of the earliest major mountaintop astronomical observatories in the United States.
  • A. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • B. Frederic E. Smith
    Frederic E. Smith is a scholar known for co-authoring ecological research with prominent ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin.
  • C. C. R. Smith
    C. R. Smith was a pioneering American airline executive who transformed American Airlines into a major global carrier and helped shape the modern commercial aviation industry.
  • D. Frederick Edwin Smith
    Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, was a prominent British Conservative politician, lawyer, and Lord Chancellor in the early 20th century.
  • E. H. M. Smith
    H. M. Smith was a high-ranking United States Marine Corps officer whose leadership and service led to a major military installation being named in his honor.
  • 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_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4abb66bc81908d758c7af2e23ac6 completed March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ccbf7f02d08190a6cedc37b64a0d9e completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccc313ba7c81909b9ee65b37ed165e completed April 1, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ccd85aa2888190bd167148b21a3f93 completed April 1, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.