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]
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A.
Gannett family
The Gannett family is an American media dynasty best known for founding and controlling the Gannett newspaper and publishing empire.
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B.
Fox family
The Fox family is an Australian business dynasty best known for founding and controlling the logistics and supply-chain company Linfox.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A.
Gannett family
The Gannett family is an American media dynasty best known for founding and controlling the Gannett newspaper and publishing empire.
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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.
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C.
Fox family
The Fox family is an Australian business dynasty best known for founding and controlling the logistics and supply-chain company Linfox.
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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.
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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.