Triple

T23163384
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pigpen E578646 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Hard to Handle (live performances)
"Hard to Handle" (live performances) refers to Ron "Pigpen" McKernan’s signature, soul-infused concert rendition of the Otis Redding song with the Grateful Dead, renowned for his charismatic vocals and extended improvisations.
 E1572778 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: Hard to Handle (live performances) | Statement: [Pigpen, notableWork, Hard to Handle (live performances)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hard to Handle (live performances)
Context triple: [Pigpen, notableWork, Hard to Handle (live performances)]
  • A. That’s It for the Other One (live performances)
    “That’s It for the Other One (live performances)” refers to concert renditions of the Grateful Dead’s multi-part psychedelic suite, often featuring extended improvisation and evolving arrangements across the band’s live history.
  • B. Live at the Regal
    Live at the Regal is a landmark 1965 live blues album by B.B. King, widely celebrated for its electrifying performance and major influence on blues and rock guitarists.
  • C. The Difficult Kind (live)
    "The Difficult Kind (live)" is a live performance recording of Sheryl Crow’s emotionally intense rock ballad, featured on her compilation album *The Very Best of Sheryl Crow*.
  • D. Live at the Murat
    "Live at the Murat" is a live album by progressive rock jam band Umphrey's McGee, showcasing their improvisational performances recorded at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis.
  • E. The Way It Is (live performances)
    The Way It Is (live performances) refers to live renditions of Bruce Hornsby and the Range’s song “The Way It Is,” often featuring extended piano improvisations and variations from the studio recording.
  • 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: Hard to Handle (live performances)
Triple: [Pigpen, notableWork, Hard to Handle (live performances)]
Generated description
"Hard to Handle" (live performances) refers to Ron "Pigpen" McKernan’s signature, soul-infused concert rendition of the Otis Redding song with the Grateful Dead, renowned for his charismatic vocals and extended improvisations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hard to Handle (live performances)
Target entity description: "Hard to Handle" (live performances) refers to Ron "Pigpen" McKernan’s signature, soul-infused concert rendition of the Otis Redding song with the Grateful Dead, renowned for his charismatic vocals and extended improvisations.
  • A. That’s It for the Other One (live performances)
    “That’s It for the Other One (live performances)” refers to concert renditions of the Grateful Dead’s multi-part psychedelic suite, often featuring extended improvisation and evolving arrangements across the band’s live history.
  • B. Live at the Regal
    Live at the Regal is a landmark 1965 live blues album by B.B. King, widely celebrated for its electrifying performance and major influence on blues and rock guitarists.
  • C. The Difficult Kind (live)
    "The Difficult Kind (live)" is a live performance recording of Sheryl Crow’s emotionally intense rock ballad, featured on her compilation album *The Very Best of Sheryl Crow*.
  • D. Live at the Murat
    "Live at the Murat" is a live album by progressive rock jam band Umphrey's McGee, showcasing their improvisational performances recorded at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis.
  • E. The Way It Is (live performances)
    The Way It Is (live performances) refers to live renditions of Bruce Hornsby and the Range’s song “The Way It Is,” often featuring extended piano improvisations and variations from the studio recording.
  • 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_69e245fc75348190a0288401044c8af8 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18f29be30819091e18551044a98f3 completed April 29, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c30a4760881908b4e306b896df80e completed May 19, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c32ab76988190917b76806a6c2c80 completed May 19, 2026, 9:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c3335e83c8190a9bee47e86215c05 completed May 19, 2026, 9:53 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:02 p.m.