Triple

T10392870
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vocal Group Hall of Fame E244933 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Tony Butala
Tony Butala is an American singer best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the pop group The Lettermen.
E861574 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: Tony Butala | Statement: [Vocal Group Hall of Fame, foundedBy, Tony Butala]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Butala
Context triple: [Vocal Group Hall of Fame, foundedBy, Tony Butala]
  • A. Joe Doto
    Joe Doto, better known as Joe Adonis, was a prominent Italian-American mobster and influential figure in organized crime during the early to mid-20th century.
  • B. Tony Almeida
    Tony Almeida is a key fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent in the television series "24," known for his complex loyalties and evolving role across multiple seasons.
  • C. Tom Dula
    Tom Dula was a North Carolina man whose 1868 execution for the murder of Laura Foster inspired the famous American folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
  • D. James Merendino
    James Merendino is an American filmmaker best known for creating and directing the cult punk rock film "SLC Punk!".
  • E. Tony Meola
    Tony Meola is a former American soccer goalkeeper best known for starring with the U.S. national team in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups and for his standout career in Major League Soccer.
  • 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: Tony Butala
Triple: [Vocal Group Hall of Fame, foundedBy, Tony Butala]
Generated description
Tony Butala is an American singer best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the pop group The Lettermen.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Butala
Target entity description: Tony Butala is an American singer best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the pop group The Lettermen.
  • A. Joe Doto
    Joe Doto, better known as Joe Adonis, was a prominent Italian-American mobster and influential figure in organized crime during the early to mid-20th century.
  • B. Tony Almeida
    Tony Almeida is a key fictional Counter Terrorist Unit agent in the television series "24," known for his complex loyalties and evolving role across multiple seasons.
  • C. Tom Dula
    Tom Dula was a North Carolina man whose 1868 execution for the murder of Laura Foster inspired the famous American folk ballad "Tom Dooley."
  • D. James Merendino
    James Merendino is an American filmmaker best known for creating and directing the cult punk rock film "SLC Punk!".
  • E. Tony Meola
    Tony Meola is a former American soccer goalkeeper best known for starring with the U.S. national team in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups and for his standout career in Major League Soccer.
  • 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_69d381b5116081908d85227bab6d3c0c completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4e9b6c750819087678bf81a3ef806 completed April 7, 2026, 11:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d7fbae9a9c81908178fca68eb142b6 completed April 9, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d822d303888190aa556287b3b1cc03 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d859cc1aac8190ab232bb4e4e4fac1 completed April 10, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:06 p.m.