Triple

T8281502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mixe languages E193683 entity
Predicate hasNotableResearcher P14810 FINISHED
Object Thomas C. Smith-Stark
Thomas C. Smith-Stark was an American linguist known for his influential work on Mesoamerican indigenous languages, particularly in areas such as typology, syntax, and language documentation.
 E723317 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: Thomas C. Smith-Stark | Statement: [Mixe languages, hasNotableResearcher, Thomas C. Smith-Stark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas C. Smith-Stark
Context triple: [Mixe languages, hasNotableResearcher, Thomas C. Smith-Stark]
  • A. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • B. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • C. John G. Smith
    John G. Smith is a music producer best known for his work on the project or artist known as King of Stage.
  • D. Harwood K. Smith
    Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
  • E. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • 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: Thomas C. Smith-Stark
Triple: [Mixe languages, hasNotableResearcher, Thomas C. Smith-Stark]
Generated description
Thomas C. Smith-Stark was an American linguist known for his influential work on Mesoamerican indigenous languages, particularly in areas such as typology, syntax, and language documentation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas C. Smith-Stark
Target entity description: Thomas C. Smith-Stark was an American linguist known for his influential work on Mesoamerican indigenous languages, particularly in areas such as typology, syntax, and language documentation.
  • A. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • B. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • C. John G. Smith
    John G. Smith is a music producer best known for his work on the project or artist known as King of Stage.
  • D. Harwood K. Smith
    Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
  • E. Thomas E. Ackerman
    Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
  • 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_69ca82e217a48190880695635c44b2ed completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb79ef8508819098112a3397c96ca5 completed March 31, 2026, 7:38 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd6877b8e481908ec1e0b91a5276f6 completed April 1, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6d5441248190a9e32281dc8e8d62 completed April 1, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7e20f71c8190959319c6683a2810 completed April 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:51 p.m.