Triple
T17734559
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Richard P. Bland |
E442678
|
entity |
| Predicate | nickname |
P55
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Silver Dick
Silver Dick was the popular nickname of Richard P. Bland, a 19th-century American politician known for championing the free coinage of silver.
|
E1285564
|
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: Silver Dick | Statement: [Richard P. Bland, nickname, Silver Dick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silver Dick Context triple: [Richard P. Bland, nickname, Silver Dick]
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A.
Silver Lady
Silver Lady is a nostalgic nickname evoking the streamlined elegance and scenic luxury of the historic California Zephyr passenger train.
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B.
The Creamer
The Creamer was the nickname of Johnny Desmond, an American traditional pop singer popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
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C.
Silver Taps
Silver Taps is a solemn Texas A&M University tradition honoring deceased students with a nighttime campus ceremony featuring a bugle call and silent remembrance.
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D.
Silverball
Silverball is a 2015 studio album by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies that blends their signature melodic pop-rock with reflective, nostalgic themes.
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E.
Mickey Finn
Mickey Finn was an English percussionist best known as the conga and bongo player for the glam rock band T. Rex during their early 1970s heyday.
- 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: Silver Dick Triple: [Richard P. Bland, nickname, Silver Dick]
Generated description
Silver Dick was the popular nickname of Richard P. Bland, a 19th-century American politician known for championing the free coinage of silver.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silver Dick Target entity description: Silver Dick was the popular nickname of Richard P. Bland, a 19th-century American politician known for championing the free coinage of silver.
-
A.
Silver Lady
Silver Lady is a nostalgic nickname evoking the streamlined elegance and scenic luxury of the historic California Zephyr passenger train.
-
B.
The Creamer
The Creamer was the nickname of Johnny Desmond, an American traditional pop singer popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
-
C.
Silver Taps
Silver Taps is a solemn Texas A&M University tradition honoring deceased students with a nighttime campus ceremony featuring a bugle call and silent remembrance.
-
D.
Silverball
Silverball is a 2015 studio album by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies that blends their signature melodic pop-rock with reflective, nostalgic themes.
-
E.
Mickey Finn
Mickey Finn was an English percussionist best known as the conga and bongo player for the glam rock band T. Rex during their early 1970s heyday.
- 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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e478e98a00819089490be2aa36873d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0242f775c88190b0aa341ec23bad73 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 8:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0246d15ae081908b43138fb91c3ccd |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a02473e08848190ac9b219996169df3 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m.