Triple

T18896680
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Hedges E462226 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Michael Alden Hedges
Michael Alden Hedges was an influential American acoustic guitarist and composer known for his innovative, percussive playing style and pioneering work in contemporary instrumental music.
E1350049 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: Michael Alden Hedges | Statement: [Michael Hedges, birthName, Michael Alden Hedges]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Alden Hedges
Context triple: [Michael Hedges, birthName, Michael Alden Hedges]
  • A. Curtis Hudson
    Curtis Hudson was an American songwriter best known for co-writing Madonna’s hit song “Holiday.”
  • B. Michael Lark
    Michael Lark is an American comic book artist best known for his gritty, realistic artwork on series such as Gotham Central, Daredevil, and Lazarus.
  • C. Adin McDowell
    Adin McDowell was an early settler and prominent local figure in Modoc County, California, after whom the community of Adin was named.
  • D. Johnathon Schaech
    Johnathon Schaech is an American actor best known for his leading role as the charismatic frontman Jimmy Mattingly in the 1996 musical comedy film "That Thing You Do!".
  • E. John Hawkes
    John Hawkes is an American actor acclaimed for his intense, character-driven performances in independent films and television, including an Oscar-nominated role in "Winter's Bone."
  • 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: Michael Alden Hedges
Triple: [Michael Hedges, birthName, Michael Alden Hedges]
Generated description
Michael Alden Hedges was an influential American acoustic guitarist and composer known for his innovative, percussive playing style and pioneering work in contemporary instrumental music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Alden Hedges
Target entity description: Michael Alden Hedges was an influential American acoustic guitarist and composer known for his innovative, percussive playing style and pioneering work in contemporary instrumental music.
  • A. Curtis Hudson
    Curtis Hudson was an American songwriter best known for co-writing Madonna’s hit song “Holiday.”
  • B. Michael Lark
    Michael Lark is an American comic book artist best known for his gritty, realistic artwork on series such as Gotham Central, Daredevil, and Lazarus.
  • C. Adin McDowell
    Adin McDowell was an early settler and prominent local figure in Modoc County, California, after whom the community of Adin was named.
  • D. Johnathon Schaech
    Johnathon Schaech is an American actor best known for his leading role as the charismatic frontman Jimmy Mattingly in the 1996 musical comedy film "That Thing You Do!".
  • E. John Hawkes
    John Hawkes is an American actor acclaimed for his intense, character-driven performances in independent films and television, including an Oscar-nominated role in "Winter's Bone."
  • 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_69d8dcfd05bc819088903cca13cc2846 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5c47f6c948190918ade08bb88f1fd completed April 20, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05910b5b6c8190baf163dad19bb034 completed May 14, 2026, 9:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0598f6a81c8190b2c56003ca8a0219 completed May 14, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a059972d1688190807ab1ff15eade0f completed May 14, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m.