Triple

T18150353
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Simply Red E434483 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Holding Back the Years
"Holding Back the Years" is a soulful 1985 ballad by British band Simply Red that became one of their signature hits worldwide.
E1310152 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: Holding Back the Years | Statement: [Simply Red, notableWork, Holding Back the Years]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holding Back the Years
Context triple: [Simply Red, notableWork, Holding Back the Years]
  • A. Forty Years
    "Forty Years" is a song by the Australian rock band Big World.
  • B. The Years
    The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf that traces the changing fortunes of the Pargiter family across several decades, blending social history with experimental narrative form.
  • C. It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
    "It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is a soulful R&B ballad popularized by Boyz II Men, known for its rich harmonies and emotional reflection on loss and farewell.
  • D. The Tracks of My Years
    The Tracks of My Years is the autobiography of British radio broadcaster Ken Bruce, reflecting on his life, career, and long tenure on BBC Radio 2.
  • E. Two More Years
    "Two More Years" is an indie rock song by the British band Bloc Party, released as a single in 2005.
  • 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: Holding Back the Years
Triple: [Simply Red, notableWork, Holding Back the Years]
Generated description
"Holding Back the Years" is a soulful 1985 ballad by British band Simply Red that became one of their signature hits worldwide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holding Back the Years
Target entity description: "Holding Back the Years" is a soulful 1985 ballad by British band Simply Red that became one of their signature hits worldwide.
  • A. Forty Years
    "Forty Years" is a song by the Australian rock band Big World.
  • B. The Years
    The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf that traces the changing fortunes of the Pargiter family across several decades, blending social history with experimental narrative form.
  • C. It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
    "It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is a soulful R&B ballad popularized by Boyz II Men, known for its rich harmonies and emotional reflection on loss and farewell.
  • D. The Tracks of My Years
    The Tracks of My Years is the autobiography of British radio broadcaster Ken Bruce, reflecting on his life, career, and long tenure on BBC Radio 2.
  • E. Two More Years
    "Two More Years" is an indie rock song by the British band Bloc Party, released as a single in 2005.
  • 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_69e4de3812e8819097f025476d5c6a1d completed April 19, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a038fb71b188190abbd1c2b863ae1fd completed May 12, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03915b8a748190bf168a308e4c638c completed May 12, 2026, 8:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0392118b84819081252eb438ed5654 completed May 12, 2026, 8:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.