Triple

T20371150
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Surfin' Bird E497055 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Carl White
Carl White was a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1963 novelty rock and roll hit "Surfin' Bird."
 E1427181 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: Carl White | Statement: [Surfin' Bird, writer, Carl White]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl White
Context triple: [Surfin' Bird, writer, Carl White]
  • A. Marc White
    Marc White is an English football manager and businessman best known as the founder and long-time manager of non-league club Dorking Wanderers F.C.
  • B. Charlie White
    Charlie White is an American ice dancer and Olympic gold medalist best known for his partnership with Meryl Davis.
  • C. Jim White
    Jim White is an Australian drummer best known as a founding member of the instrumental rock band Dirty Three and for his extensive collaborations across indie and experimental music.
  • D. Jim White
    Jim White is an American singer-songwriter known for his atmospheric, Southern Gothic-influenced alt-country music.
  • E. Jim White
    Jim White is the dedicated high school coach and main protagonist in the sports drama film "McFarland, USA," who leads a team of Latino student runners to cross-country success.
  • 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: Carl White
Triple: [Surfin' Bird, writer, Carl White]
Generated description
Carl White was a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1963 novelty rock and roll hit "Surfin' Bird."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Carl White
Target entity description: Carl White was a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1963 novelty rock and roll hit "Surfin' Bird."
  • A. Marc White
    Marc White is an English football manager and businessman best known as the founder and long-time manager of non-league club Dorking Wanderers F.C.
  • B. Charlie White
    Charlie White is an American ice dancer and Olympic gold medalist best known for his partnership with Meryl Davis.
  • C. Jim White
    Jim White is an Australian drummer best known as a founding member of the instrumental rock band Dirty Three and for his extensive collaborations across indie and experimental music.
  • D. Jim White
    Jim White is an American singer-songwriter known for his atmospheric, Southern Gothic-influenced alt-country music.
  • E. Jim White
    Jim White is the dedicated high school coach and main protagonist in the sports drama film "McFarland, USA," who leads a team of Latino student runners to cross-country success.
  • 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_69e0b4a4f9b081908a5a021919c21ccb completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e678758b98819082c6440e03ad1615 completed April 20, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08708f2b00819084806af8cf9c9e10 completed May 16, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08717357a881908ba83d104fc3f228 completed May 16, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a087267236c81908c91359f270fb17e completed May 16, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:26 a.m.