Triple

T10221550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ernest Gellner E242591 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Anthony D. Smith
Anthony D. Smith was a prominent British sociologist and political theorist best known for his influential work on nationalism and national identity, particularly through his development of ethno-symbolist theory.
E850787 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: Anthony D. Smith | Statement: [Ernest Gellner, influenced, Anthony D. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony D. Smith
Context triple: [Ernest Gellner, influenced, Anthony D. Smith]
  • A. Ernest Gellner
    Ernest Gellner was a Czech-British philosopher and social anthropologist best known for his influential theories on nationalism, modernity, and the relationship between culture and social organization.
  • B. Alexander Migdal
    Alexander Migdal is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and high-energy physics.
  • C. Aleida Assmann
    Aleida Assmann is a German cultural scientist and literary scholar renowned for her influential work on cultural memory and remembrance.
  • D. Mark Naimark
    Mark Naimark was a Soviet mathematician known for his influential work in functional analysis and operator algebras.
  • E. Eric Wolf
    Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
  • 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: Anthony D. Smith
Triple: [Ernest Gellner, influenced, Anthony D. Smith]
Generated description
Anthony D. Smith was a prominent British sociologist and political theorist best known for his influential work on nationalism and national identity, particularly through his development of ethno-symbolist theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony D. Smith
Target entity description: Anthony D. Smith was a prominent British sociologist and political theorist best known for his influential work on nationalism and national identity, particularly through his development of ethno-symbolist theory.
  • A. Ernest Gellner
    Ernest Gellner was a Czech-British philosopher and social anthropologist best known for his influential theories on nationalism, modernity, and the relationship between culture and social organization.
  • B. Alexander Migdal
    Alexander Migdal is a theoretical physicist known for his influential work in quantum field theory and high-energy physics.
  • C. Aleida Assmann
    Aleida Assmann is a German cultural scientist and literary scholar renowned for her influential work on cultural memory and remembrance.
  • D. Mark Naimark
    Mark Naimark was a Soviet mathematician known for his influential work in functional analysis and operator algebras.
  • E. Eric Wolf
    Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
  • 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d3aa740db88190ba707226e36de0ed completed April 6, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d6a838a0148190bc7f2aa33bb7230b completed April 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d6d0003434819093e3f82a556db79c completed April 8, 2026, 10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d6df3c8f748190923db41ef1a9a03a completed April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:09 a.m.