Triple

T21438335
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sussex Records E528872 entity
Predicate notableArtist P601 FINISHED
Object Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist and producer best known for his work with Motown’s Funk Brothers and his influential 1970s funk and soul recordings, including the hit instrumental “Scorpio.”
E1484378 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: Dennis Coffey | Statement: [Sussex Records, notableArtist, Dennis Coffey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Coffey
Context triple: [Sussex Records, notableArtist, Dennis Coffey]
  • A. Rodney Coffey
    Rodney Coffey is a lawyer and graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law recognized as a notable alumnus of the institution.
  • B. Dennis Wilkey
    Dennis Wilkey is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Grace Jones's hit song "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)."
  • C. Dennis Byrd
    Dennis Byrd was an American defensive lineman for the New York Jets whose promising NFL career was tragically cut short by a paralyzing on-field injury, after which he became a symbol of courage and inspiration.
  • D. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • E. Denny Thompson
    Denny Thompson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1959 hit novelty song "The Tijuana Jail," popularized by The Kingston Trio.
  • 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: Dennis Coffey
Triple: [Sussex Records, notableArtist, Dennis Coffey]
Generated description
Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist and producer best known for his work with Motown’s Funk Brothers and his influential 1970s funk and soul recordings, including the hit instrumental “Scorpio.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Coffey
Target entity description: Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist and producer best known for his work with Motown’s Funk Brothers and his influential 1970s funk and soul recordings, including the hit instrumental “Scorpio.”
  • A. Rodney Coffey
    Rodney Coffey is a lawyer and graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law recognized as a notable alumnus of the institution.
  • B. Dennis Wilkey
    Dennis Wilkey is a songwriter best known for co-writing the lyrics to Grace Jones's hit song "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)."
  • C. Dennis Byrd
    Dennis Byrd was an American defensive lineman for the New York Jets whose promising NFL career was tragically cut short by a paralyzing on-field injury, after which he became a symbol of courage and inspiration.
  • D. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • E. Denny Thompson
    Denny Thompson is a songwriter best known for co-writing the 1959 hit novelty song "The Tijuana Jail," popularized by The Kingston Trio.
  • 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_69e0c4569fa081908101baa24f8745db completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e8b53972e48190bc8bbc543173854c completed April 22, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09c8ff456481908092ae0af1297aab completed May 17, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09c99200a88190ad13565044dfcac0 completed May 17, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09ca3c4ec48190829b1bd83b933f53 completed May 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:04 p.m.