Triple

T8995362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Ellsworth Wood E214890 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object Smoky Joe
Smoky Joe was the nickname of Howard Ellsworth Wood, an American Major League Baseball pitcher known for his time with the Philadelphia Athletics in the early 20th century.
E770982 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: Smoky Joe | Statement: [Howard Ellsworth Wood, nickname, Smoky Joe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smoky Joe
Context triple: [Howard Ellsworth Wood, nickname, Smoky Joe]
  • A. Smokey Joe Williams
    Smokey Joe Williams was an elite early-20th-century Negro Leagues pitcher renowned for his overpowering fastball and dominance against both Black and white competition.
  • B. Smokey
    Smokey is the bluetick coonhound dog who serves as the live mascot for the University of Tennessee Volunteers athletic teams.
  • C. Smokey
    Smokey was the longtime nickname of Walter Alston, the Hall of Fame manager who led the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers to multiple World Series titles.
  • D. Smokey
    Smokey is the widely known nickname of legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer Smokey Robinson.
  • E. Smokey
    Smokey is the wisecracking, weed-smoking best friend in the 1995 comedy film "Friday," portrayed by Chris Tucker.
  • 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: Smoky Joe
Triple: [Howard Ellsworth Wood, nickname, Smoky Joe]
Generated description
Smoky Joe was the nickname of Howard Ellsworth Wood, an American Major League Baseball pitcher known for his time with the Philadelphia Athletics in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smoky Joe
Target entity description: Smoky Joe was the nickname of Howard Ellsworth Wood, an American Major League Baseball pitcher known for his time with the Philadelphia Athletics in the early 20th century.
  • A. Smokey Joe Williams
    Smokey Joe Williams was an elite early-20th-century Negro Leagues pitcher renowned for his overpowering fastball and dominance against both Black and white competition.
  • B. Smokey
    Smokey was the longtime nickname of Walter Alston, the Hall of Fame manager who led the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers to multiple World Series titles.
  • C. Smokey
    Smokey is the widely known nickname of legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer Smokey Robinson.
  • D. Smokey
    Smokey is the wisecracking, weed-smoking best friend in the 1995 comedy film "Friday," portrayed by Chris Tucker.
  • E. Smokey
    Smokey is the bluetick coonhound dog who serves as the live mascot for the University of Tennessee Volunteers athletic teams.
  • 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_69ca83a05c608190bdfdbdb25e994b39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc68ddff288190869731df2c178ff6 completed April 1, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfd0d0e6a08190a2faf4157b8a9cd4 completed April 3, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfd193fdbc8190b49192327f698943 completed April 3, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfd242590881909ca351c1040c76ef completed April 3, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:04 p.m.