Triple

T16676915
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Stipe E405235 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object John
John is the birth name of Michael Stipe, the American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band R.E.M.
E1227413 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: John | Statement: [Michael Stipe, givenName, John]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John
Context triple: [Michael Stipe, givenName, John]
  • A. John
    John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John A. Roebling II, an American civil engineer and philanthropist from the prominent Roebling family associated with major bridge construction.
  • C. John
    John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
  • D. John
    John is the first name of Jack Phillips, the British wireless operator on the RMS Titanic who died during its sinking in 1912.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman.
  • 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: John
Triple: [Michael Stipe, givenName, John]
Generated description
John is the birth name of Michael Stipe, the American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band R.E.M.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John
Target entity description: John is the birth name of Michael Stipe, the American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band R.E.M.
  • A. John
    John is the first name of Jon Bon Jovi, the American rock singer, songwriter, and frontman of the band Bon Jovi.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of American singer-songwriter John Hiatt, known for his influential work in rock, country, and Americana music.
  • C. John
    John is the given name of John Squire, the English musician best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Stone Roses.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John Lennon, the iconic English singer-songwriter and co-founder of The Beatles.
  • E. John
    John is the first given name of English singer-songwriter Paul Weller, a key figure in the bands The Jam and The Style Council and a prominent solo artist.
  • 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_69d8838c28748190b3f5967c743940ab completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37d6c805c81909fbe4fcb20eedbe1 completed April 18, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a008a2ce64c8190970c86b729a6ff83 completed May 10, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a008b001c988190b0ddec3be0ed6fd0 completed May 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a008ba8227881908b1ac6e30d2e7c32 completed May 10, 2026, 1:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:19 a.m.