Triple

T11721837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Natalie Cole E278650 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Marvin Yancy
Marvin Yancy was an American gospel musician, pastor, and producer best known for his work in gospel and R&B music during the 1970s and 1980s.
E943392 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: Marvin Yancy | Statement: [Natalie Cole, spouse, Marvin Yancy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marvin Yancy
Context triple: [Natalie Cole, spouse, Marvin Yancy]
  • A. Marvin Humes
    Marvin Humes is a British singer, DJ, and television presenter best known as a member of the boy band JLS and as a host on shows such as The Voice UK and various BBC radio programs.
  • B. Melvin Hicks
    Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
  • C. Marvin Natiss
    Marvin Natiss is an American local politician who has served as a leading municipal official in North Hills, New York.
  • D. Marvin Andrews
    Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
  • E. Melvin Gregg
    Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
  • 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: Marvin Yancy
Triple: [Natalie Cole, spouse, Marvin Yancy]
Generated description
Marvin Yancy was an American gospel musician, pastor, and producer best known for his work in gospel and R&B music during the 1970s and 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marvin Yancy
Target entity description: Marvin Yancy was an American gospel musician, pastor, and producer best known for his work in gospel and R&B music during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • A. Marvin Humes
    Marvin Humes is a British singer, DJ, and television presenter best known as a member of the boy band JLS and as a host on shows such as The Voice UK and various BBC radio programs.
  • B. Melvin Hicks
    Melvin Hicks is the employee whose discrimination claim led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, which clarified the burden-shifting framework in employment discrimination law.
  • C. Marvin Natiss
    Marvin Natiss is an American local politician who has served as a leading municipal official in North Hills, New York.
  • D. Marvin Andrews
    Marvin Andrews is a Trinidad and Tobago former central defender best known for his powerful, committed performances in Scottish football, particularly with clubs like Livingston and Rangers.
  • E. Melvin Gregg
    Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
  • 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_69d6aaff2ce88190b4a1e4b341ad5377 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4c373088190bc2ae77a1696d280 completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f0197d03c08190a5515ffe3cc887ea completed April 28, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f0319271788190a105828ae7582668 completed April 28, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f05a44dcb88190a0bb57b0c8fef6b9 completed April 28, 2026, 6:57 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.