Triple
T23011294
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Squirrel Nut Zippers |
E572910
|
entity |
| Predicate | member |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Katharine Whalen
Katharine Whalen is an American singer and musician best known as a co-founder and vocalist of the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers.
|
E1566869
|
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: Katharine Whalen | Statement: [Squirrel Nut Zippers, member, Katharine Whalen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katharine Whalen Context triple: [Squirrel Nut Zippers, member, Katharine Whalen]
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A.
Kathryn Kennish
Kathryn Kennish is a central character on the television series "Switched at Birth," portrayed as a wealthy, outspoken mother whose life is upended when she discovers her daughter was switched at birth.
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B.
Katherine McAuliffe
Katherine McAuliffe is a developmental psychologist known for her research on the emergence of fairness, cooperation, and moral reasoning in children across cultures.
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C.
Kathryn Hays
Kathryn Hays was an American actress best known for her long-running role as Kim Hughes on the soap opera "As the World Turns."
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D.
Kathryn Alexander
Kathryn Alexander is known as the daughter of American politician and former U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander.
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E.
Sarah Caldwell
Sarah Caldwell was an influential American opera conductor and stage director, best known as the founder and longtime artistic director of the Opera Company of Boston.
- 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: Katharine Whalen Triple: [Squirrel Nut Zippers, member, Katharine Whalen]
Generated description
Katharine Whalen is an American singer and musician best known as a co-founder and vocalist of the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katharine Whalen Target entity description: Katharine Whalen is an American singer and musician best known as a co-founder and vocalist of the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers.
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A.
Kathryn Kennish
Kathryn Kennish is a central character on the television series "Switched at Birth," portrayed as a wealthy, outspoken mother whose life is upended when she discovers her daughter was switched at birth.
-
B.
Katherine McAuliffe
Katherine McAuliffe is a developmental psychologist known for her research on the emergence of fairness, cooperation, and moral reasoning in children across cultures.
-
C.
Kathryn Hays
Kathryn Hays was an American actress best known for her long-running role as Kim Hughes on the soap opera "As the World Turns."
-
D.
Kathryn Alexander
Kathryn Alexander is known as the daughter of American politician and former U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander.
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E.
Sarah Caldwell
Sarah Caldwell was an influential American opera conductor and stage director, best known as the founder and longtime artistic director of the Opera Company of Boston.
- 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.