Triple

T17208905
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sly & the Family Stone E417672 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Sly Stone
Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known as the innovative frontman of the influential funk and soul band Sly & the Family Stone.
E1258091 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: Sly Stone | Statement: [Sly & the Family Stone, founder, Sly Stone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sly Stone
Context triple: [Sly & the Family Stone, founder, Sly Stone]
  • A. Edwin Starr
    Edwin Starr was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his powerful 1970 anti-war hit song "War."
  • B. Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.
  • C. Marvin Isley
    Marvin Isley was an American bassist and songwriter best known for his work with the legendary R&B and soul group The Isley Brothers during their funk-driven 1970s and 1980s era.
  • D. Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly & the Family Stone was a pioneering American funk and soul band known for its innovative, genre-blending sound and influential role in the development of 1960s and 1970s popular music.
  • E. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • 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: Sly Stone
Triple: [Sly & the Family Stone, founder, Sly Stone]
Generated description
Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known as the innovative frontman of the influential funk and soul band Sly & the Family Stone.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sly Stone
Target entity description: Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known as the innovative frontman of the influential funk and soul band Sly & the Family Stone.
  • A. Edwin Starr
    Edwin Starr was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his powerful 1970 anti-war hit song "War."
  • B. Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.
  • C. Marvin Isley
    Marvin Isley was an American bassist and songwriter best known for his work with the legendary R&B and soul group The Isley Brothers during their funk-driven 1970s and 1980s era.
  • D. Sly & the Family Stone
    Sly & the Family Stone was a pioneering American funk and soul band known for its innovative, genre-blending sound and influential role in the development of 1960s and 1970s popular music.
  • E. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dc3b0ec8190b8c9fc401da5770c completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01674df2cc8190be602b15d49d38d0 completed May 11, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016c03dab88190926c36f2e6b55861 completed May 11, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a016cba568481908920fe42cae5f153 completed May 11, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.