Triple
T11807826
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maria Cole |
E280793
|
entity |
| Predicate | spouse |
P13
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Spurgeon Ellington
Spurgeon Ellington was a Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Army Air Forces officer during World War II who was married to singer Maria Cole.
|
E954153
|
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: Spurgeon Ellington | Statement: [Maria Cole, spouse, Spurgeon Ellington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spurgeon Ellington Context triple: [Maria Cole, spouse, Spurgeon Ellington]
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A.
James Edward Ellington
James Edward Ellington was a member of the Ellington family, related to Daisy Kennedy Ellington and part of the broader lineage associated with jazz composer Duke Ellington.
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B.
Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who led the Duke Ellington Orchestra after his father’s death.
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C.
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was a pioneering American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader whose innovative work helped define the sound and global influence of 20th-century jazz.
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D.
Harry Carney
Harry Carney was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and clarinetist best known as one of Duke Ellington’s longest-serving and most important band members.
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E.
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan was an American jazz pianist known for his distinctive, blues-inflected hard bop style and influential recordings for the Blue Note label.
- 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: Spurgeon Ellington Triple: [Maria Cole, spouse, Spurgeon Ellington]
Generated description
Spurgeon Ellington was a Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Army Air Forces officer during World War II who was married to singer Maria Cole.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spurgeon Ellington Target entity description: Spurgeon Ellington was a Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Army Air Forces officer during World War II who was married to singer Maria Cole.
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A.
James Edward Ellington
James Edward Ellington was a member of the Ellington family, related to Daisy Kennedy Ellington and part of the broader lineage associated with jazz composer Duke Ellington.
-
B.
Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who led the Duke Ellington Orchestra after his father’s death.
-
C.
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was a pioneering American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader whose innovative work helped define the sound and global influence of 20th-century jazz.
-
D.
Harry Carney
Harry Carney was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and clarinetist best known as one of Duke Ellington’s longest-serving and most important band members.
-
E.
Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan was an American jazz pianist known for his distinctive, blues-inflected hard bop style and influential recordings for the Blue Note label.
- 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_69d6ab26aae88190b2489efcb2a24234 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a5c93a1881909b428bf3ed55bb57 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f43f9e99788190a5a8abb135426038 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f448f506a48190a0f1b89ad570fad5 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 6:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f44ad185cc8190893cf663cfed6980 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.