Triple

T20782102
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy Funderburk E511509 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object Venice (backing vocals)
Venice (backing vocals) is a harmony-focused vocal group known for its smooth, West Coast–style backing vocals and collaborations with artists like Tommy Funderburk.
 E1450196 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: Venice (backing vocals) | Statement: [Tommy Funderburk, associatedAct, Venice (backing vocals)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Venice (backing vocals)
Context triple: [Tommy Funderburk, associatedAct, Venice (backing vocals)]
  • A. vocals by Meshell Ndegeocello
    "Vocals by Meshell Ndegeocello" refers to the distinctive singing contributions of the acclaimed American bassist, singer-songwriter, and genre-blending artist Meshell Ndegeocello.
  • B. Virginia Bocelli
    Virginia Bocelli is the daughter of renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, occasionally appearing with him in public performances and media.
  • C. Chorus
    Chorus is the narrative figure in Shakespeare's "Henry V" who directly addresses the audience, guiding their imagination and framing the action of the play.
  • D. Chorus
    "Chorus" is a 1991 synth-pop album by British duo Erasure, known for its melodic hooks and electronic production characteristic of the band's early-1990s sound.
  • E. Voyce
    Voyce is a music producer known for working on the track "Room for Improvement."
  • 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: Venice (backing vocals)
Triple: [Tommy Funderburk, associatedAct, Venice (backing vocals)]
Generated description
Venice (backing vocals) is a harmony-focused vocal group known for its smooth, West Coast–style backing vocals and collaborations with artists like Tommy Funderburk.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Venice (backing vocals)
Target entity description: Venice (backing vocals) is a harmony-focused vocal group known for its smooth, West Coast–style backing vocals and collaborations with artists like Tommy Funderburk.
  • A. vocals by Meshell Ndegeocello
    "Vocals by Meshell Ndegeocello" refers to the distinctive singing contributions of the acclaimed American bassist, singer-songwriter, and genre-blending artist Meshell Ndegeocello.
  • B. Virginia Bocelli
    Virginia Bocelli is the daughter of renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, occasionally appearing with him in public performances and media.
  • C. Chorus
    Chorus is the narrative figure in Shakespeare's "Henry V" who directly addresses the audience, guiding their imagination and framing the action of the play.
  • D. Chorus
    "Chorus" is a 1991 synth-pop album by British duo Erasure, known for its melodic hooks and electronic production characteristic of the band's early-1990s sound.
  • E. Voyce
    Voyce is a music producer known for working on the track "Room for Improvement."
  • 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_69e0b4cac7a48190a715cb3d545df2b4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c28870e481909e7cbcdd6d4bc247 completed April 21, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08ef9985a08190965fb2d139b3e1f7 completed May 16, 2026, 10:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08f36a492481908518eba744452df0 completed May 16, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08f43e36588190a556a19b9dbb738b completed May 16, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:38 p.m.