Triple

T8673223
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Street & Smith E205850 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Francis Shubael Smith
Francis Shubael Smith was a 19th-century American publisher best known for co-founding the influential dime-novel and pulp magazine firm Street & Smith.
E786353 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: Francis Shubael Smith | Statement: [Street & Smith, foundedBy, Francis Shubael Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Shubael Smith
Context triple: [Street & Smith, foundedBy, Francis Shubael Smith]
  • A. Ludlow Ogden Smith
    Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
  • B. Robert Weston Smith
    Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
  • C. Edward Abel Smith
    Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
  • D. Gustavus W. Smith
    Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Francis Shubael Smith
Triple: [Street & Smith, foundedBy, Francis Shubael Smith]
Generated description
Francis Shubael Smith was a 19th-century American publisher best known for co-founding the influential dime-novel and pulp magazine firm Street & Smith.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Shubael Smith
Target entity description: Francis Shubael Smith was a 19th-century American publisher best known for co-founding the influential dime-novel and pulp magazine firm Street & Smith.
  • A. Ludlow Ogden Smith
    Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
  • B. Robert Weston Smith
    Robert Weston Smith was an influential American disc jockey and radio personality best known for his gravelly voice and larger-than-life on-air persona "Wolfman Jack."
  • C. Edward Abel Smith
    Edward Abel Smith, also known as Ned Rocknroll, is a private British businessman best known as the husband of actress Kate Winslet and a member of the Branson family through his work with Virgin Galactic.
  • D. Gustavus W. Smith
    Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ca83529a9c8190b5c075b4f14636ed completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc491b807c81909563a34a947bc21a completed March 31, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d07719ee048190ac4045017d89e938 completed April 4, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0795dd0d08190aeaf04de63671823 completed April 4, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d079a8b0c48190b4b658942b5b149b completed April 4, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:31 p.m.