Triple

T17698328
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbie Flowers E441228 entity
Predicate playedOnAlbum P49112 FINISHED
Object Lou Reed – Transformer
Lou Reed – Transformer is a landmark 1972 glam rock album, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, that includes Lou Reed’s signature hit “Walk on the Wild Side.”
E1282647 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Lou Reed – Transformer | Statement: [Herbie Flowers, playedOnAlbum, Lou Reed – Transformer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lou Reed – Transformer
Context triple: [Herbie Flowers, playedOnAlbum, Lou Reed – Transformer]
  • A. The Velvet Underground song "The Black Angel's Death Song"
    "The Black Angel's Death Song" is an experimental, avant-garde track by The Velvet Underground known for its dissonant viola, surreal lyrics, and central place in the band's influential 1967 debut album.
  • B. Lou Reed
    Lou Reed was an influential American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of The Velvet Underground, known for his pioneering role in alternative and experimental music.
  • C. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
    David Bowie – Aladdin Sane is a 1973 glam rock studio album by David Bowie, noted for its edgy experimentation, iconic lightning-bolt cover art, and status as a key work of his early-1970s career.
  • D. Major Tom’s
    Major Tom’s is a British record label and imprint associated with the band Rudimental, known for signing and developing pop and electronic artists such as Ella Henderson.
  • E. The Velvet Underground
    The Velvet Underground was a pioneering American rock band from the 1960s known for its experimental sound, avant-garde sensibilities, and profound influence on punk, alternative, and indie music.
  • 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: Lou Reed – Transformer
Triple: [Herbie Flowers, playedOnAlbum, Lou Reed – Transformer]
Generated description
Lou Reed – Transformer is a landmark 1972 glam rock album, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, that includes Lou Reed’s signature hit “Walk on the Wild Side.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lou Reed – Transformer
Target entity description: Lou Reed – Transformer is a landmark 1972 glam rock album, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, that includes Lou Reed’s signature hit “Walk on the Wild Side.”
  • A. The Velvet Underground song "The Black Angel's Death Song"
    "The Black Angel's Death Song" is an experimental, avant-garde track by The Velvet Underground known for its dissonant viola, surreal lyrics, and central place in the band's influential 1967 debut album.
  • B. Lou Reed
    Lou Reed was an influential American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of The Velvet Underground, known for his pioneering role in alternative and experimental music.
  • C. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
    David Bowie – Aladdin Sane is a 1973 glam rock studio album by David Bowie, noted for its edgy experimentation, iconic lightning-bolt cover art, and status as a key work of his early-1970s career.
  • D. Major Tom’s
    Major Tom’s is a British record label and imprint associated with the band Rudimental, known for signing and developing pop and electronic artists such as Ella Henderson.
  • E. The Velvet Underground
    The Velvet Underground was a pioneering American rock band from the 1960s known for its experimental sound, avant-garde sensibilities, and profound influence on punk, alternative, and indie music.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: playedOnAlbum
Context triple: [Herbie Flowers, playedOnAlbum, Lou Reed – Transformer]
  • A. coveredOnAlbum
    Indicates that a song or musical work has been recorded as a cover version and included on a particular album.
  • B. releasedOnAlbum
    Indicates that a musical work (such as a song or track) was issued as part of a specific album.
  • C. hasPartInDiscography
    Indicates that an entity (such as a song, album, or track) is included as a component within another entity’s discography.
  • D. workedOnAlbum chosen
    Indicates that an entity contributed work or effort to the creation or production of a particular music album.
  • E. producedAlbum
    Indicates that one entity served as the producer responsible for creating or overseeing the production of a particular music album for another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d8b9ea20b48190ace88bb46b01e6a9 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e47158be9c8190bbf4e5162ff74ad2 completed April 19, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0223365be08190992b1e80553aebcc completed May 11, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0224af2c7c819095b771014f36d0e4 completed May 11, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a02259ef96881909660d18a4a149f8f completed May 11, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e3cde3673c8190a889e14ba1f07dc1 completed April 18, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m.