Triple
T23425757
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sonic Drive-In |
E560790
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Troy N. Smith Sr.
Troy N. Smith Sr. was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant chain.
|
E1587228
|
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: Troy N. Smith Sr. | Statement: [Sonic Drive-In, foundedBy, Troy N. Smith Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Troy N. Smith Sr. Context triple: [Sonic Drive-In, foundedBy, Troy N. Smith Sr.]
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A.
Troy L. Johnson
Troy L. Johnson is a music producer known for his work on the album "A Seat at the Table."
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B.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. is a former American football wide receiver best known for his long, productive NFL career primarily with the Carolina Panthers and later the Baltimore Ravens.
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C.
Lonnie E. Smith
Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.
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D.
Troy K. Walker
Troy K. Walker is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Draper, Utah.
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E.
Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known for leading the Buffalo Sabres to the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals.
- 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: Troy N. Smith Sr. Triple: [Sonic Drive-In, foundedBy, Troy N. Smith Sr.]
Generated description
Troy N. Smith Sr. was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant chain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Troy N. Smith Sr. Target entity description: Troy N. Smith Sr. was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant chain.
-
A.
Troy L. Johnson
Troy L. Johnson is a music producer known for his work on the album "A Seat at the Table."
-
B.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr.
Stevonne Latrall Smith Sr. is a former American football wide receiver best known for his long, productive NFL career primarily with the Carolina Panthers and later the Baltimore Ravens.
-
C.
Lonnie E. Smith
Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.
-
D.
Troy K. Walker
Troy K. Walker is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Draper, Utah.
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E.
Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known for leading the Buffalo Sabres to the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals.
- 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_69e2454cb1108190ab21ada5411a7146 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a54951688190a3c5382971af3e41 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c67a5972c8190b8f04785bb1817ec |
completed | May 19, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c7216508c81909bd949d50ee2d48b |
completed | May 19, 2026, 2:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c770386a8819098358513016ae5ab |
completed | May 19, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:47 p.m.