Triple

T20195709
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joseph "Smokey" Johnson E493078 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object Smokey
Smokey is the nickname of Joseph "Smokey" Johnson, a renowned American R&B and soul drummer closely associated with the New Orleans music scene.
E1416486 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: Smokey | Statement: [Joseph "Smokey" Johnson, nickname, Smokey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smokey
Context triple: [Joseph "Smokey" Johnson, nickname, Smokey]
  • A. Smokey
    Smokey is the bluetick coonhound dog who serves as the live mascot for the University of Tennessee Volunteers athletic teams.
  • 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 an experienced, older race car and former crew chief who mentors Lightning McQueen in the animated film "Cars 3."
  • 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: Smokey
Triple: [Joseph "Smokey" Johnson, nickname, Smokey]
Generated description
Smokey is the nickname of Joseph "Smokey" Johnson, a renowned American R&B and soul drummer closely associated with the New Orleans music scene.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smokey
Target entity description: Smokey is the nickname of Joseph "Smokey" Johnson, a renowned American R&B and soul drummer closely associated with the New Orleans music scene.
  • A. Smokey
    Smokey is the widely known nickname of legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer Smokey Robinson.
  • B. Smokey
    Smokey is a character mentioned in the lyrics of the jazz song "Minnie the Moocher," often associated with the song’s colorful, narrative world of nightlife and mischief.
  • 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 wisecracking, weed-smoking best friend in the 1995 comedy film "Friday," portrayed by Chris Tucker.
  • E. Smokey
    Smokey is a recurring comic-relief character from the stop-motion animated television series "The PJs," known for his disheveled appearance and humorous, often chaotic antics in the housing project.
  • 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_69da6268a034819081cbd9ea5a1c9475 completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e66ad8b3cc8190aa9c9c79c552002a completed April 20, 2026, 6:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a083c8a440c819089f0d90aacc640b5 completed May 16, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a083d95db488190b2ffafc7e0d874dc completed May 16, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a083e12d31481909295a5dc4e47b14b completed May 16, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:37 p.m.