Triple

T21633149
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frederick G. Smith E533884 entity
Predicate notableFamily P1481 FINISHED
Object Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American media dynasty that founded, owns, and controls Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
E135508 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: Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group | Statement: [Frederick G. Smith, notableFamily, Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group
Context triple: [Frederick G. Smith, notableFamily, Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group]
  • A. Gannett family
    The Gannett family is an American media dynasty best known for founding and controlling the Gannett newspaper and publishing empire.
  • B. Fox family
    The Fox family is an Australian business dynasty best known for founding and controlling the logistics and supply-chain company Linfox.
  • C. Fox family
    The Fox family is a prominent British-American family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, sociology, and the social sciences across multiple generations.
  • D. Sinclair Broadcast Group
    Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
  • E. Brokaw family
    The Brokaw family is an American family best known for including prominent broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw and his relatives involved in media and public life.
  • 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: Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group
Triple: [Frederick G. Smith, notableFamily, Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group]
Generated description
The Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American media dynasty that founded, owns, and controls Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group
Target entity description: The Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American media dynasty that founded, owns, and controls Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States.
  • A. Gannett family
    The Gannett family is an American media dynasty best known for founding and controlling the Gannett newspaper and publishing empire.
  • B. Fox family
    The Fox family is a prominent British-American family known for its influential contributions to anthropology, sociology, and the social sciences across multiple generations.
  • C. Fox family
    The Fox family is an Australian business dynasty best known for founding and controlling the logistics and supply-chain company Linfox.
  • D. Sinclair Broadcast Group chosen
    Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
  • E. Brokaw family
    The Brokaw family is an American family best known for including prominent broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw and his relatives involved in media and public life.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0c465ae7481908577b7209fdb2a77 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef52185dbc819096ad2fc5b7d953f8 completed April 27, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a0f99a1b4819093788a4052d16b27 completed May 17, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a113126808190ba002d405cc9a3d6 completed May 17, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a119cb17c8190a8732930b78b60cc completed May 17, 2026, 7:06 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:35 p.m.