Triple

T22130974
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maynard James Keenan E546902 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object James Herbert Keenan
James Herbert Keenan, better known as Maynard James Keenan, is an American singer, songwriter, and winemaker best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.
E1527171 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: James Herbert Keenan | Statement: [Maynard James Keenan, birthName, James Herbert Keenan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Herbert Keenan
Context triple: [Maynard James Keenan, birthName, James Herbert Keenan]
  • A. Philip Keenan
    Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
  • B. Stephen P. Synnott
    Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer known for his work with the Voyager missions, during which he discovered several moons of the outer planets.
  • C. Richard E. Keating
    Richard E. Keating was an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks flown on commercial airliners.
  • D. Denis F. Kinane
    Denis F. Kinane is an immunologist and academic leader known for his research in oral immunology and his roles in dental and medical education.
  • E. Edward McDermott
    Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
  • 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: James Herbert Keenan
Triple: [Maynard James Keenan, birthName, James Herbert Keenan]
Generated description
James Herbert Keenan, better known as Maynard James Keenan, is an American singer, songwriter, and winemaker best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Herbert Keenan
Target entity description: James Herbert Keenan, better known as Maynard James Keenan, is an American singer, songwriter, and winemaker best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.
  • A. Philip Keenan
    Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
  • B. Stephen P. Synnott
    Stephen P. Synnott is an American astronomer known for his work with the Voyager missions, during which he discovered several moons of the outer planets.
  • C. Richard E. Keating
    Richard E. Keating was an American physicist best known for co-conducting the Hafele–Keating experiment that tested time dilation using atomic clocks flown on commercial airliners.
  • D. Denis F. Kinane
    Denis F. Kinane is an immunologist and academic leader known for his research in oral immunology and his roles in dental and medical education.
  • E. Edward McDermott
    Edward McDermott is a film editor known for his work on the silent romantic comedy "My Best Girl" (1927) starring Mary Pickford.
  • 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_69e11e39bf348190b541bfa16a7b71e0 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12985e3688190917884c6bd487810 completed April 28, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ab64690548190b68288a49d4bcc0d completed May 18, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ab7e7608481908ca5fc3fde9661da completed May 18, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ab85924d881909585c3610f085acc completed May 18, 2026, 6:57 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.