Triple

T18820265
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Soft Cell E460243 entity
Predicate keyboardist P12601 FINISHED
Object David Ball
David Ball is an English musician best known as the keyboardist and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell.
E1345756 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: David Ball | Statement: [Soft Cell, keyboardist, David Ball]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Ball
Context triple: [Soft Cell, keyboardist, David Ball]
  • A. Dave Ball
    Dave Ball was an English rock guitarist best known for his work with Procol Harum in the early 1970s.
  • B. Dan Ball
    Dan Ball is a conservative American television host and political commentator best known for anchoring the show "Real America with Dan Ball" on One America News Network (OANN).
  • C. Kevin Ball
    Kevin Ball is a recurring comic-relief character from the Shameless franchise, known as the good-natured but often hapless bartender and friend of the Gallagher family.
  • D. Fred Ball
    Fred Ball is a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic crime-romance movie "True Romance."
  • E. Fred Ball
    Fred Ball is a Norwegian songwriter and record producer known for his work on major pop and R&B hits, including Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain.”
  • 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: David Ball
Triple: [Soft Cell, keyboardist, David Ball]
Generated description
David Ball is an English musician best known as the keyboardist and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Ball
Target entity description: David Ball is an English musician best known as the keyboardist and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell.
  • A. Dave Ball
    Dave Ball was an English rock guitarist best known for his work with Procol Harum in the early 1970s.
  • B. Dan Ball
    Dan Ball is a conservative American television host and political commentator best known for anchoring the show "Real America with Dan Ball" on One America News Network (OANN).
  • C. Kevin Ball
    Kevin Ball is a recurring comic-relief character from the Shameless franchise, known as the good-natured but often hapless bartender and friend of the Gallagher family.
  • D. Fred Ball
    Fred Ball is a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic crime-romance movie "True Romance."
  • E. Fred Ball
    Fred Ball is a Norwegian songwriter and record producer known for his work on major pop and R&B hits, including Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain.”
  • 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_69d8dcf94c288190a06dea029ae4b223 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a6b9be988190b5e3804c39dc7dd9 completed April 20, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a056763cc8481908a39fe3b2bd2e6e7 completed May 14, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05689ef42c8190a3a4613c0c448e45 completed May 14, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05693746848190bac92fda0cdc3dc7 completed May 14, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.