Triple

T23011292
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Squirrel Nut Zippers E572910 entity
Predicate notableSong P4 FINISHED
Object Ghost of Stephen Foster
"Ghost of Stephen Foster" is a swing revival song by Squirrel Nut Zippers that evokes early 20th-century jazz and vaudeville styles in a darkly whimsical tribute to classic American songwriting.
E1566867 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: Ghost of Stephen Foster | Statement: [Squirrel Nut Zippers, notableSong, Ghost of Stephen Foster]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ghost of Stephen Foster
Context triple: [Squirrel Nut Zippers, notableSong, Ghost of Stephen Foster]
  • A. Ballad of Ole' Betsy
    "Ballad of Ole' Betsy" is a song by the Beach Boys, featured on their 1963 car-themed album "Little Deuce Coupe."
  • B. Minstrel Boy
    Minstrel Boy is a component or figure within the artwork "Self Portrait," likely representing a youthful musician or symbolic character included in the composition.
  • C. Kaufman’s Ballad
    “Kaufman’s Ballad” is a song by the experimental folk band Megafaun, reflecting their blend of rustic Americana and avant-garde influences.
  • D. The Wreck of the Old ’97
    "The Wreck of the Old ’97" is a classic American ballad recounting a 1903 train disaster, widely recorded in country and folk music.
  • E. The Cremation of Sam McGee
    "The Cremation of Sam McGee" is a famous narrative poem by Robert W. Service that humorously and hauntingly recounts a promise to cremate a prospector in the frozen Yukon.
  • 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: Ghost of Stephen Foster
Triple: [Squirrel Nut Zippers, notableSong, Ghost of Stephen Foster]
Generated description
"Ghost of Stephen Foster" is a swing revival song by Squirrel Nut Zippers that evokes early 20th-century jazz and vaudeville styles in a darkly whimsical tribute to classic American songwriting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ghost of Stephen Foster
Target entity description: "Ghost of Stephen Foster" is a swing revival song by Squirrel Nut Zippers that evokes early 20th-century jazz and vaudeville styles in a darkly whimsical tribute to classic American songwriting.
  • A. Ballad of Ole' Betsy
    "Ballad of Ole' Betsy" is a song by the Beach Boys, featured on their 1963 car-themed album "Little Deuce Coupe."
  • B. Minstrel Boy
    Minstrel Boy is a component or figure within the artwork "Self Portrait," likely representing a youthful musician or symbolic character included in the composition.
  • C. Kaufman’s Ballad
    “Kaufman’s Ballad” is a song by the experimental folk band Megafaun, reflecting their blend of rustic Americana and avant-garde influences.
  • D. The Wreck of the Old ’97
    "The Wreck of the Old ’97" is a classic American ballad recounting a 1903 train disaster, widely recorded in country and folk music.
  • E. The Cremation of Sam McGee
    "The Cremation of Sam McGee" is a famous narrative poem by Robert W. Service that humorously and hauntingly recounts a promise to cremate a prospector in the frozen Yukon.
  • 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_69e245b764cc8190a51be76f1d9611e1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1835b0cb881908d3d2dd40cffcbc2 completed April 29, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0bf2a65a10819087b5954853a95c65 completed May 19, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0bfbc5b19c8190aed3f1199410b996 completed May 19, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0bfccedf2c8190833df43ea2c294ca completed May 19, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:51 p.m.