Triple

T22892201
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Shins E568069 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Mark Watrous
Mark Watrous is an American multi-instrumentalist and guitarist best known for his work with the indie rock band The Shins and various other alternative music projects.
E1572101 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: Mark Watrous | Statement: [The Shins, hasMember, Mark Watrous]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Watrous
Context triple: [The Shins, hasMember, Mark Watrous]
  • A. Bill Watrous
    Bill Watrous was an American jazz trombonist renowned for his exceptional technical skill, lyrical playing style, and influential recordings from the 1960s onward.
  • B. Mitch Rouse
    Mitch Rouse is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in film and television, including co-creating the series "Strangers with Candy" and appearing in numerous comedic roles.
  • C. Andy Rouse
    Andy Rouse is a renowned British touring car racing driver best known for his multiple championship titles and success in European and British touring car competitions.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • 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: Mark Watrous
Triple: [The Shins, hasMember, Mark Watrous]
Generated description
Mark Watrous is an American multi-instrumentalist and guitarist best known for his work with the indie rock band The Shins and various other alternative music projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Watrous
Target entity description: Mark Watrous is an American multi-instrumentalist and guitarist best known for his work with the indie rock band The Shins and various other alternative music projects.
  • A. Bill Watrous
    Bill Watrous was an American jazz trombonist renowned for his exceptional technical skill, lyrical playing style, and influential recordings from the 1960s onward.
  • B. Mitch Rouse
    Mitch Rouse is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in film and television, including co-creating the series "Strangers with Candy" and appearing in numerous comedic roles.
  • C. Andy Rouse
    Andy Rouse is a renowned British touring car racing driver best known for his multiple championship titles and success in European and British touring car competitions.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • 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_69e2458c23ec81908fa2570692c6614f completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f17fc66dbc81909b31c068d7f2c531 completed April 29, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c3071f534819087a97c49ff2d6e69 completed May 19, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c318962b08190998fa5148bb0b9d3 completed May 19, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c31e1bac08190a1af4a85a9282d75 completed May 19, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:40 p.m.