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]
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A.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.