Triple

T22816824
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kermit Ruffins E565120 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Ruffins
Ruffins is the surname of Kermit Ruffins, a New Orleans jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer known for his vibrant performances and contributions to contemporary jazz and brass band music.
E1556051 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: Ruffins | Statement: [Kermit Ruffins, familyName, Ruffins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruffins
Context triple: [Kermit Ruffins, familyName, Ruffins]
  • A. Nappy Roots
    Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap group best known for their early-2000s hits like "Awnaw" and "Po' Folks," blending soulful production with socially conscious, down-to-earth lyrics.
  • B. Dryfoos
    Dryfoos is a surname most notably associated with Orvil E. Dryfoos, a former publisher of The New York Times.
  • C. Valory
    Valory is the surname of Ross Valory, the American bassist best known as a founding member of the rock band Journey.
  • D. Reverend Run
    Reverend Run is an American rapper, DJ, and television personality best known as a founding member of the pioneering hip hop group Run-D.M.C.
  • E. The Fatback Band
    The Fatback Band is an American funk and disco group formed in the 1970s, known for pioneering a raw, danceable sound that helped lay the groundwork for early hip-hop and modern dance music.
  • 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: Ruffins
Triple: [Kermit Ruffins, familyName, Ruffins]
Generated description
Ruffins is the surname of Kermit Ruffins, a New Orleans jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer known for his vibrant performances and contributions to contemporary jazz and brass band music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruffins
Target entity description: Ruffins is the surname of Kermit Ruffins, a New Orleans jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer known for his vibrant performances and contributions to contemporary jazz and brass band music.
  • A. Nappy Roots
    Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap group best known for their early-2000s hits like "Awnaw" and "Po' Folks," blending soulful production with socially conscious, down-to-earth lyrics.
  • B. Dryfoos
    Dryfoos is a surname most notably associated with Orvil E. Dryfoos, a former publisher of The New York Times.
  • C. Valory
    Valory is the surname of Ross Valory, the American bassist best known as a founding member of the rock band Journey.
  • D. Reverend Run
    Reverend Run is an American rapper, DJ, and television personality best known as a founding member of the pioneering hip hop group Run-D.M.C.
  • E. The Fatback Band
    The Fatback Band is an American funk and disco group formed in the 1970s, known for pioneering a raw, danceable sound that helped lay the groundwork for early hip-hop and modern dance music.
  • 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_69e2458426188190b58b8ab4844fe420 completed April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17dcc41ac81908167856be021ea24 completed April 29, 2026, 3:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b9ea6b87c819088abf95f56014724 completed May 18, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ba271f1548190afa04f8cf4d1da0b completed May 18, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ba3b3cb288190a96a23d310c16d52 completed May 18, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:33 p.m.