Triple

T12125486
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States delegation E288799 entity
Predicate ledBy P981 FINISHED
Object Gerard C. Smith
Gerard C. Smith was an American diplomat and arms control negotiator best known for serving as the chief U.S. negotiator of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) with the Soviet Union.
E1387388 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: Gerard C. Smith | Statement: [United States delegation, ledBy, Gerard C. Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerard C. Smith
Context triple: [United States delegation, ledBy, Gerard C. Smith]
  • A. Raymond J. Smith
    Raymond J. Smith was an American editor, publisher, and co-founder of The Ontario Review, best known as the longtime husband and literary collaborator of author Joyce Carol Oates.
  • B. William E. Smith
    William E. Smith is a federal judge who serves as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
  • C. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • D. Robert C. Grier
    Robert C. Grier was a 19th-century American jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court and is noted for his participation in landmark decisions such as the Dred Scott case.
  • E. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • 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: Gerard C. Smith
Triple: [United States delegation, ledBy, Gerard C. Smith]
Generated description
Gerard C. Smith was an American diplomat and arms control negotiator best known for serving as the chief U.S. negotiator of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) with the Soviet Union.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerard C. Smith
Target entity description: Gerard C. Smith was an American diplomat and arms control negotiator best known for serving as the chief U.S. negotiator of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) with the Soviet Union.
  • A. Raymond J. Smith
    Raymond J. Smith was an American editor, publisher, and co-founder of The Ontario Review, best known as the longtime husband and literary collaborator of author Joyce Carol Oates.
  • B. William E. Smith
    William E. Smith is a federal judge who serves as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
  • C. Julian C. Smith
    Julian C. Smith was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general best known for leading the 2nd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
  • D. Robert C. Grier
    Robert C. Grier was a 19th-century American jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court and is noted for his participation in landmark decisions such as the Dred Scott case.
  • E. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • 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_69d6ab4b5e4c81909950b17151eb0951 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9157b2a9881908ec0e58cf438fce0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a077ec78090819084a2de678e52cdec completed May 15, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a077fe7a3d48190bec5fea223209e0b completed May 15, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07804bcfa8819084953039cef5a5d8 completed May 15, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.