Triple

T13373838
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Whitney Houston (1985 album) E319133 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Paul Laurence
Paul Laurence is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work in the 1980s with artists such as Freddie Jackson and Whitney Houston.
E1041340 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: Paul Laurence | Statement: [Whitney Houston (1985 album), producer, Paul Laurence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Laurence
Context triple: [Whitney Houston (1985 album), producer, Paul Laurence]
  • A. Paul Laurence Dunbar
    Paul Laurence Dunbar was a pioneering African American poet and novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his dialect verse and influential contributions to American literature.
  • B. James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson was an influential African American writer, civil rights activist, and cultural leader whose poetry, novels, and leadership in the NAACP helped shape the Harlem Renaissance.
  • C. Arna Bontemps
    Arna Bontemps was an American poet, novelist, and librarian closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and later the Chicago Black Renaissance, known for his influential contributions to African American literature and culture.
  • D. Langston Hughes
    Langston Hughes was a leading poet, novelist, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, celebrated for his powerful portrayals of African American life and culture in the 20th century.
  • E. Melvin B. Tolson
    Melvin B. Tolson was an influential American poet, educator, and politician known for his modernist verse and for coaching the renowned debate team at Wiley College.
  • 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: Paul Laurence
Triple: [Whitney Houston (1985 album), producer, Paul Laurence]
Generated description
Paul Laurence is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work in the 1980s with artists such as Freddie Jackson and Whitney Houston.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Laurence
Target entity description: Paul Laurence is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for his work in the 1980s with artists such as Freddie Jackson and Whitney Houston.
  • A. Paul Laurence Dunbar
    Paul Laurence Dunbar was a pioneering African American poet and novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his dialect verse and influential contributions to American literature.
  • B. James Weldon Johnson
    James Weldon Johnson was an influential African American writer, civil rights activist, and cultural leader whose poetry, novels, and leadership in the NAACP helped shape the Harlem Renaissance.
  • C. Arna Bontemps
    Arna Bontemps was an American poet, novelist, and librarian closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance and later the Chicago Black Renaissance, known for his influential contributions to African American literature and culture.
  • D. Langston Hughes
    Langston Hughes was a leading poet, novelist, and playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, celebrated for his powerful portrayals of African American life and culture in the 20th century.
  • E. Melvin B. Tolson
    Melvin B. Tolson was an influential American poet, educator, and politician known for his modernist verse and for coaching the renowned debate team at Wiley College.
  • 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_69d806b7bbac8190b85278c87fa7aff3 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dadcda64a48190b53243a763cd175b completed April 11, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7397f098c8190a2062d8c1a74d28f completed May 3, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f73b181b80819095b7963bdb366326 completed May 3, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f73c1d46008190a9fe3ffe1ac76bca completed May 3, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:33 p.m.