Triple

T20371151
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Surfin' Bird E497055 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Sonny Harris
Sonny Harris is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1963 surf rock novelty hit "Surfin' Bird."
E1427946 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: Sonny Harris | Statement: [Surfin' Bird, writer, Sonny Harris]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonny Harris
Context triple: [Surfin' Bird, writer, Sonny Harris]
  • A. Earl Bostic
    Earl Bostic was an influential American jazz and rhythm-and-blues alto saxophonist and bandleader known for his virtuosic technique and pioneering role in early R&B saxophone styles.
  • B. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • C. Leroy Johnson
    Leroy Johnson is the ambitious and talented performing arts student who serves as one of the central protagonists in the television series "Fame."
  • D. Sonny Throckmorton
    Sonny Throckmorton is an American country music songwriter renowned for penning numerous hits for major artists during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Clifton Young
    Clifton Young was an American film actor active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his character roles in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • 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: Sonny Harris
Triple: [Surfin' Bird, writer, Sonny Harris]
Generated description
Sonny Harris is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1963 surf rock novelty hit "Surfin' Bird."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonny Harris
Target entity description: Sonny Harris is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1963 surf rock novelty hit "Surfin' Bird."
  • A. Earl Bostic
    Earl Bostic was an influential American jazz and rhythm-and-blues alto saxophonist and bandleader known for his virtuosic technique and pioneering role in early R&B saxophone styles.
  • B. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • C. Leroy Johnson
    Leroy Johnson is the ambitious and talented performing arts student who serves as one of the central protagonists in the television series "Fame."
  • D. Sonny Throckmorton
    Sonny Throckmorton is an American country music songwriter renowned for penning numerous hits for major artists during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • E. Clifton Young
    Clifton Young was an American film actor active in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his character roles in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • 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_6a087612a0688190a4b21ecd624dd248 completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08771f7edc8190b0c1dce8f5f6e145 completed May 16, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0877ac99408190a31ee21894770334 completed May 16, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:26 a.m.