Triple
T21759126
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Carrie & Lowell |
E537117
|
entity |
| Predicate | inspiredBy |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams
Lowell Brams is Sufjan Stevens’ stepfather and close collaborator whose relationship with Stevens deeply shaped the themes of family, grief, and reconciliation explored in the album "Carrie & Lowell."
|
E1501019
|
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: Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams | Statement: [Carrie & Lowell, inspiredBy, Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams Context triple: [Carrie & Lowell, inspiredBy, Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams]
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A.
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his intricate, genre-blending compositions and conceptually ambitious albums like "Illinois" and "Carrie & Lowell."
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B.
Chris Stamey
Chris Stamey is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the jangle pop band The dB's and for his influential work in the alternative rock scene.
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C.
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer.
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D.
Brian Eastman
Brian Eastman is a British film and television producer known for his work on acclaimed dramas and adaptations, including "The Josephine Baker Story."
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E.
Marcus Mumford
Marcus Mumford is a British-American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.
- 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: Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams Triple: [Carrie & Lowell, inspiredBy, Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams]
Generated description
Lowell Brams is Sufjan Stevens’ stepfather and close collaborator whose relationship with Stevens deeply shaped the themes of family, grief, and reconciliation explored in the album "Carrie & Lowell."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sufjan Stevens' stepfather Lowell Brams Target entity description: Lowell Brams is Sufjan Stevens’ stepfather and close collaborator whose relationship with Stevens deeply shaped the themes of family, grief, and reconciliation explored in the album "Carrie & Lowell."
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A.
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his intricate, genre-blending compositions and conceptually ambitious albums like "Illinois" and "Carrie & Lowell."
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B.
Chris Stamey
Chris Stamey is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known as a founding member of the jangle pop band The dB's and for his influential work in the alternative rock scene.
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C.
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer.
-
D.
Brian Eastman
Brian Eastman is a British film and television producer known for his work on acclaimed dramas and adaptations, including "The Josephine Baker Story."
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E.
Marcus Mumford
Marcus Mumford is a British-American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the folk-rock band Mumford & Sons.
- 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_69e0c46eab808190b848242d63a17c47 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f01d90eaa081909fce0549a9df1bf0 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a36742fec81908e33adb80f61de2c |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a371731448190a624300fe204c63a |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a37bb17f08190bc87fd348242beaa |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:50 p.m.