Triple
T9744552
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smoot |
E236273
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Oliver R. Smoot
Oliver R. Smoot is an American engineer and former chairman of the American National Standards Institute best known as the MIT student whose body was used to create the humorous "Smoot" unit of measurement on the Harvard Bridge.
|
E817837
|
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: Oliver R. Smoot | Statement: [Smoot, hasNotableBearer, Oliver R. Smoot]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oliver R. Smoot Context triple: [Smoot, hasNotableBearer, Oliver R. Smoot]
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A.
Robert Mullen
Robert Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions and contexts.
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B.
Frank Bartleman
Frank Bartleman was an early 20th-century American evangelist, writer, and chronicler whose detailed accounts helped popularize and document the Pentecostal movement, especially its origins in Los Angeles.
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C.
Herman Teppis
Herman Teppis is the central figure in Norman Mailer’s novel "The Deer Park," around whom the book’s exploration of postwar American decadence and moral ambiguity revolves.
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D.
John Weightman
John Weightman was a British scholar, critic, and translator known for his influential work on French literature and philosophy.
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E.
John Bennett
John Bennett is the central human protagonist of the comedy film "Ted 2," known for his lifelong friendship with his foul-mouthed, living teddy bear.
- 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: Oliver R. Smoot Triple: [Smoot, hasNotableBearer, Oliver R. Smoot]
Generated description
Oliver R. Smoot is an American engineer and former chairman of the American National Standards Institute best known as the MIT student whose body was used to create the humorous "Smoot" unit of measurement on the Harvard Bridge.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oliver R. Smoot Target entity description: Oliver R. Smoot is an American engineer and former chairman of the American National Standards Institute best known as the MIT student whose body was used to create the humorous "Smoot" unit of measurement on the Harvard Bridge.
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A.
Robert Mullen
Robert Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions and contexts.
-
B.
Frank Bartleman
Frank Bartleman was an early 20th-century American evangelist, writer, and chronicler whose detailed accounts helped popularize and document the Pentecostal movement, especially its origins in Los Angeles.
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C.
Herman Teppis
Herman Teppis is the central figure in Norman Mailer’s novel "The Deer Park," around whom the book’s exploration of postwar American decadence and moral ambiguity revolves.
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D.
John Weightman
John Weightman was a British scholar, critic, and translator known for his influential work on French literature and philosophy.
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E.
John Bennett
John Bennett is the central human protagonist of the comedy film "Ted 2," known for his lifelong friendship with his foul-mouthed, living teddy bear.
- 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_69ca84d3e24481908a476e2231123cf9 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd9f2f8e648190ad94c940f9dc1de0 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1affb761881908dde9a4f028c32f6 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1b0f7a68481909de080dd78f883a8 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1b17bd97c8190b77815db5a6a70d9 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:23 p.m.