Triple

T20818920
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard O'Brien E512518 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Richard Timothy Smith
Richard Timothy Smith, better known as Richard O'Brien, is a New Zealand–British actor, writer, and composer best known as the creator of the cult musical "The Rocky Horror Show" and its film adaptation "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
E1454489 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: Richard Timothy Smith | Statement: [Richard O'Brien, birthName, Richard Timothy Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Timothy Smith
Context triple: [Richard O'Brien, birthName, Richard Timothy Smith]
  • A. David Bruce Smith
    David Bruce Smith is an American author, publisher, and philanthropist known for his works on history and his support of arts and educational initiatives.
  • B. Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith is an American local politician serving as the mayor of St. Albans, Vermont.
  • C. Jack Martin Smith
    Jack Martin Smith was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
  • D. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a guitarist and founding member of the American instrumental post-rock band Explosions in the Sky.
  • E. Mark Smith
    Mark Smith is a renowned designer known for his influential work with Nike, including creating iconic basketball-related trophies and products.
  • 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: Richard Timothy Smith
Triple: [Richard O'Brien, birthName, Richard Timothy Smith]
Generated description
Richard Timothy Smith, better known as Richard O'Brien, is a New Zealand–British actor, writer, and composer best known as the creator of the cult musical "The Rocky Horror Show" and its film adaptation "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Timothy Smith
Target entity description: Richard Timothy Smith, better known as Richard O'Brien, is a New Zealand–British actor, writer, and composer best known as the creator of the cult musical "The Rocky Horror Show" and its film adaptation "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
  • A. David Bruce Smith
    David Bruce Smith is an American author, publisher, and philanthropist known for his works on history and his support of arts and educational initiatives.
  • B. Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith is an American local politician serving as the mayor of St. Albans, Vermont.
  • C. Jack Martin Smith
    Jack Martin Smith was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films.
  • 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_69e0b4cd25088190b48ca9700cd24efc completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c2f5b1e08190a9c26f76bd544b68 completed April 21, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a090af72eec8190bbe94e62e856c3e5 completed May 17, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a090ec070f08190bbc2b2e1ece81058 completed May 17, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a090f33b3ec8190b26976da2e480802 completed May 17, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:41 p.m.