Triple

T22002151
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David James Elliott E543355 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object David William Smith
David William Smith, better known by his stage name David James Elliott, is a Canadian actor best known for starring as Harmon Rabb Jr. on the television series JAG.
 E1513632 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: David William Smith | Statement: [David James Elliott, birthName, David William Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David William Smith
Context triple: [David James Elliott, birthName, David William 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. David P. Smith
    David P. Smith is an American animation filmmaker best known for co-directing the animated feature film "Trolls World Tour."
  • C. David P. Smith
    David P. Smith is a screenwriter best known for his work on the animated film "Shark Tale."
  • D. Lewis Martin Smith
    Lewis Martin Smith was an individual significant enough in his region or community that a major reservoir, Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama, was named in his honor.
  • E. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • 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: David William Smith
Triple: [David James Elliott, birthName, David William Smith]
Generated description
David William Smith, better known by his stage name David James Elliott, is a Canadian actor best known for starring as Harmon Rabb Jr. on the television series JAG.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David William Smith
Target entity description: David William Smith, better known by his stage name David James Elliott, is a Canadian actor best known for starring as Harmon Rabb Jr. on the television series JAG.
  • 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. David P. Smith
    David P. Smith is an American animation filmmaker best known for co-directing the animated feature film "Trolls World Tour."
  • C. David P. Smith
    David P. Smith is a screenwriter best known for his work on the animated film "Shark Tale."
  • D. Lewis Martin Smith
    Lewis Martin Smith was an individual significant enough in his region or community that a major reservoir, Lewis Smith Lake in Alabama, was named in his honor.
  • E. Alexander D. Smith
    Alexander D. Smith is a linguist known for his work on Austronesian languages, particularly for proposing the Greater North Borneo language subgroup.
  • 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_69e11e2c814c8190837d072789000486 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1276bf2a48190910d9c27f1c5e74f completed April 28, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a736fea74819096ee4e9f8c483d33 completed May 18, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a758ec0208190aa551cb2866dd689 completed May 18, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a75f59c1081908f4e2dbee73ce384 completed May 18, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.