Triple
T21438435
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Withers |
E528875
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Harrison Withers Jr.
William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for soulful hits like "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Lovely Day."
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E1484964
|
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: William Harrison Withers Jr. | Statement: [Bill Withers, fullName, William Harrison Withers Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harrison Withers Jr. Context triple: [Bill Withers, fullName, William Harrison Withers Jr.]
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A.
Miles Monroe
Miles Monroe is the hapless jazz musician and health food store owner who becomes an accidental time-traveling rebel in Woody Allen’s sci-fi comedy film "Sleeper."
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B.
William Bell
William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter closely associated with the classic Memphis soul sound.
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C.
William Bell
William Bell is a fictional scientist and co-founder of the Massive Dynamic corporation in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe."
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D.
M. Lamar
M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
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E.
Junious Buchanan
Junious "Buck" Buchanan was a Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle best known for his dominant play with the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and early 1970s.
- 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: William Harrison Withers Jr. Triple: [Bill Withers, fullName, William Harrison Withers Jr.]
Generated description
William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for soulful hits like "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Lovely Day."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harrison Withers Jr. Target entity description: William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for soulful hits like "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Lovely Day."
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A.
Miles Monroe
Miles Monroe is the hapless jazz musician and health food store owner who becomes an accidental time-traveling rebel in Woody Allen’s sci-fi comedy film "Sleeper."
-
B.
William Bell
William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter closely associated with the classic Memphis soul sound.
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C.
William Bell
William Bell is a fictional scientist and co-founder of the Massive Dynamic corporation in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe."
-
D.
M. Lamar
M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
-
E.
Junious Buchanan
Junious "Buck" Buchanan was a Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle best known for his dominant play with the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and early 1970s.
- 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_69ee8140a1fc8190bedf297cfc4d4841 |
completed | April 26, 2026, 9:18 p.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_6a09ca47743081908cf7f9211eeedcc6 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 2:01 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:04 p.m.