Triple

T18146535
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Station to Station E434405 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object The Thin White Duke
The Thin White Duke is a theatrical, emotionally detached persona created and performed by David Bowie during his mid-1970s period, most prominently associated with the album "Station to Station."
E1307432 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: The Thin White Duke | Statement: [Station to Station, featuresCharacter, The Thin White Duke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Thin White Duke
Context triple: [Station to Station, featuresCharacter, The Thin White Duke]
  • A. Black Magpie
    Black Magpie is the English meaning of the German river name "Schwarze Elster," referring to a dark-colored magpie.
  • B. Ask the Dust
    Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film adaptation of John Fante’s novel, starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Depression-era Los Angeles.
  • C. The Queen Is Dead
    The Queen Is Dead is a critically acclaimed 1986 alternative rock album by English band The Smiths, often regarded as their masterpiece and one of the greatest albums of all time.
  • D. Hunky Dory
    Hunky Dory is a critically acclaimed 1971 art rock album by David Bowie, known for its eclectic style and songs like "Changes" and "Life on Mars?".
  • E. Velvet Goldmine
    Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 glam rock–themed drama film directed by Todd Haynes that explores identity, sexuality, and fame through the rise and fall of a fictional rock star in 1970s Britain.
  • 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: The Thin White Duke
Triple: [Station to Station, featuresCharacter, The Thin White Duke]
Generated description
The Thin White Duke is a theatrical, emotionally detached persona created and performed by David Bowie during his mid-1970s period, most prominently associated with the album "Station to Station."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Thin White Duke
Target entity description: The Thin White Duke is a theatrical, emotionally detached persona created and performed by David Bowie during his mid-1970s period, most prominently associated with the album "Station to Station."
  • A. Black Magpie
    Black Magpie is the English meaning of the German river name "Schwarze Elster," referring to a dark-colored magpie.
  • B. Ask the Dust
    Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film adaptation of John Fante’s novel, starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Depression-era Los Angeles.
  • C. The Queen Is Dead
    The Queen Is Dead is a critically acclaimed 1986 alternative rock album by English band The Smiths, often regarded as their masterpiece and one of the greatest albums of all time.
  • D. Hunky Dory
    Hunky Dory is a critically acclaimed 1971 art rock album by David Bowie, known for its eclectic style and songs like "Changes" and "Life on Mars?".
  • E. Velvet Goldmine
    Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 glam rock–themed drama film directed by Todd Haynes that explores identity, sexuality, and fame through the rise and fall of a fictional rock star in 1970s Britain.
  • 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_69d8b90aac308190801e2c57d8c5bfe5 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4de34bb608190a4842e86f2912dec completed April 19, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038554608c819080abf60da5f48a67 completed May 12, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03864b84608190b204b08351f1176b completed May 12, 2026, 7:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0386bb53b88190b5cc7e747a9da903 completed May 12, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.