Triple

T21814568
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject I Need You Now E538568 entity
Predicate composer P1361 FINISHED
Object Al Jacobs
Al Jacobs was an American songwriter best known for co-writing popular mid-20th-century hits such as the song "I Need You Now."
 E1503551 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: Al Jacobs | Statement: [I Need You Now, composer, Al Jacobs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Al Jacobs
Context triple: [I Need You Now, composer, Al Jacobs]
  • A. Frank Jacobs
    Frank Jacobs was a prominent American humorist and satirist best known for his prolific, pun-filled song parodies and articles in Mad magazine.
  • B. Jeff Jacobs
    Jeff Jacobs is a musician best known as a former keyboardist for the British-American rock band Foreigner.
  • C. Steve Jacobs
    Steve Jacobs is an Australian actor best known for his work in film and television, including a prominent role in the miniseries "The Dirtwater Dynasty."
  • D. William Jacobs
    William Jacobs was an American film producer active during Hollywood's studio era, known for overseeing a range of genre films including classic horror titles.
  • E. Richard Jacobs
    Richard Jacobs was a notable figure significant enough to have the venue "The Jake" named in his honor, likely for his contributions or prominence in a related field or community.
  • 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: Al Jacobs
Triple: [I Need You Now, composer, Al Jacobs]
Generated description
Al Jacobs was an American songwriter best known for co-writing popular mid-20th-century hits such as the song "I Need You Now."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Al Jacobs
Target entity description: Al Jacobs was an American songwriter best known for co-writing popular mid-20th-century hits such as the song "I Need You Now."
  • A. Frank Jacobs
    Frank Jacobs was a prominent American humorist and satirist best known for his prolific, pun-filled song parodies and articles in Mad magazine.
  • B. Jeff Jacobs
    Jeff Jacobs is a musician best known as a former keyboardist for the British-American rock band Foreigner.
  • C. Steve Jacobs
    Steve Jacobs is an Australian actor best known for his work in film and television, including a prominent role in the miniseries "The Dirtwater Dynasty."
  • D. William Jacobs
    William Jacobs was an American film producer active during Hollywood's studio era, known for overseeing a range of genre films including classic horror titles.
  • E. Richard Jacobs
    Richard Jacobs was a notable figure significant enough to have the venue "The Jake" named in his honor, likely for his contributions or prominence in a related field or community.
  • 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_69e0c473f0f8819086c9d1b4a143bd67 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f07cc8e6808190bde4d0e0981e4117 completed April 28, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a45dcc6348190a6abc48c63d646d7 completed May 17, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a46b14e908190bcf47b81107f896c completed May 17, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a4776a5e481909bcdf12c953439d6 completed May 17, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:54 p.m.