Triple

T18000791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Dream of the Blue Turtles E430619 entity
Predicate featuresMusician P20942 FINISHED
Object Dolette McDonald
Dolette McDonald is an American singer and backing vocalist known for her work with artists such as Sting, including on his album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles."
E1300714 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: Dolette McDonald | Statement: [The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featuresMusician, Dolette McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dolette McDonald
Context triple: [The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featuresMusician, Dolette McDonald]
  • A. Betty Smothers
    Betty Smothers was a Baton Rouge police officer whose 1993 murder profoundly impacted her son, NFL running back Warrick Dunn, and inspired his extensive charitable work.
  • B. Patricia Ann Norris McDonald
    Patricia Ann Norris McDonald is best known as the wife of New York City police officer Steven McDonald, who became a prominent advocate for forgiveness after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
  • C. Melvinia McDonald
    Melvinia McDonald is a musician known for being a member of Paul McCartney and Wings, the post-Beatles rock band led by Paul McCartney.
  • D. Mary Lou Cook
    Mary Lou Cook was the wife of American character actor Elisha Cook Jr., known for her connection to his long Hollywood career.
  • E. Sarah Burrell
    Sarah Burrell is one of the children of American rapper and entertainer MC Hammer.
  • 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: Dolette McDonald
Triple: [The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featuresMusician, Dolette McDonald]
Generated description
Dolette McDonald is an American singer and backing vocalist known for her work with artists such as Sting, including on his album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dolette McDonald
Target entity description: Dolette McDonald is an American singer and backing vocalist known for her work with artists such as Sting, including on his album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles."
  • A. Betty Smothers
    Betty Smothers was a Baton Rouge police officer whose 1993 murder profoundly impacted her son, NFL running back Warrick Dunn, and inspired his extensive charitable work.
  • B. Patricia Ann Norris McDonald
    Patricia Ann Norris McDonald is best known as the wife of New York City police officer Steven McDonald, who became a prominent advocate for forgiveness after being paralyzed in the line of duty.
  • C. Melvinia McDonald
    Melvinia McDonald is a musician known for being a member of Paul McCartney and Wings, the post-Beatles rock band led by Paul McCartney.
  • D. Mary Lou Cook
    Mary Lou Cook was the wife of American character actor Elisha Cook Jr., known for her connection to his long Hollywood career.
  • E. Sarah Burrell
    Sarah Burrell is one of the children of American rapper and entertainer MC Hammer.
  • 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_69d8b90364248190a37381adea932f42 completed April 10, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4b3e82ca48190aeb53e03c95ef223 completed April 19, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0337b4e89c8190aad204abff18635b completed May 12, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a033ca6a2608190a391694153070cc8 completed May 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a033d6bf3f48190ac141febc04608f6 completed May 12, 2026, 2:47 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:23 a.m.