Triple

T19583423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject To Sail Beyond the Sunset E490050 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Brian Smith
Brian Smith is a fictional character from Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "To Sail Beyond the Sunset."
 E1385763 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: Brian Smith | Statement: [To Sail Beyond the Sunset, character, Brian Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Smith
Context triple: [To Sail Beyond the Sunset, character, Brian Smith]
  • A. Brian Smith
    Brian Smith is a film director best known for co-directing Disney’s animated sequel "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea."
  • B. Brian J. Smith
    Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
  • C. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a guitarist and founding member of the American instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky.
  • D. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
  • E. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is best known as the husband of American film and television actress Gloria Talbott.
  • 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: Brian Smith
Triple: [To Sail Beyond the Sunset, character, Brian Smith]
Generated description
Brian Smith is a fictional character from Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "To Sail Beyond the Sunset."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brian Smith
Target entity description: Brian Smith is a fictional character from Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction novel "To Sail Beyond the Sunset."
  • A. Brian Smith
    Brian Smith is a film director best known for co-directing Disney’s animated sequel "The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea."
  • B. Brian J. Smith
    Brian J. Smith is an American actor best known for his role as Will Gorski in the science fiction series Sense8 and for his work in television, film, and theater.
  • C. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
  • D. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is best known as the husband of American film and television actress Gloria Talbott.
  • E. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a guitarist and founding member of the American instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky.
  • 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_69d8e8dd9374819098e36349b3211663 completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6404f34b081908aeb9cc9a5ddf539 completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a075f0f48b88190874f8cada3ed053d completed May 15, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07601bb12c81909faab959182b1863 completed May 15, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07613541688190821fd97e069691a5 completed May 15, 2026, 6:08 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:42 p.m.