Triple

T9117453
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Little Drummer Boy E218757 entity
Predicate composer P1361 FINISHED
Object Katherine Kennicott Davis
Katherine Kennicott Davis was an American composer and arranger best known for writing the popular Christmas carol "The Little Drummer Boy."
 E804658 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: Katherine Kennicott Davis | Statement: [Little Drummer Boy, composer, Katherine Kennicott Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Katherine Kennicott Davis
Context triple: [Little Drummer Boy, composer, Katherine Kennicott Davis]
  • A. Margaret Howell Davis
    Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
  • B. Dorothy Salisbury Davis
    Dorothy Salisbury Davis was an American crime and mystery novelist renowned for her psychologically rich storytelling and influential role in mid-20th-century detective fiction.
  • C. Helen Canfield Davis
    Helen Canfield Davis was the wife of American journalist and poet Frank Marshall Davis.
  • D. Catherine Robbins Lyman
    Catherine Robbins Lyman was an American woman of New England background best known as the mother of Sara Ann Delano and thus a maternal ancestor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • E. Mary Louise Davis
    Mary Louise Davis is the mother of American stand-up comedian, writer, and filmmaker Louis C.K.
  • 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: Katherine Kennicott Davis
Triple: [Little Drummer Boy, composer, Katherine Kennicott Davis]
Generated description
Katherine Kennicott Davis was an American composer and arranger best known for writing the popular Christmas carol "The Little Drummer Boy."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Katherine Kennicott Davis
Target entity description: Katherine Kennicott Davis was an American composer and arranger best known for writing the popular Christmas carol "The Little Drummer Boy."
  • A. Margaret Howell Davis
    Margaret Howell Davis was the daughter of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell Davis, known primarily for her connection to this prominent American Civil War–era family.
  • B. Dorothy Salisbury Davis
    Dorothy Salisbury Davis was an American crime and mystery novelist renowned for her psychologically rich storytelling and influential role in mid-20th-century detective fiction.
  • C. Helen Canfield Davis
    Helen Canfield Davis was the wife of American journalist and poet Frank Marshall Davis.
  • D. Catherine Robbins Lyman
    Catherine Robbins Lyman was an American woman of New England background best known as the mother of Sara Ann Delano and thus a maternal ancestor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • E. Mary Louise Davis
    Mary Louise Davis is the mother of American stand-up comedian, writer, and filmmaker Louis C.K.
  • 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_69ca83dc94ac8190b9ef42684d36ff39 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8a5e2ac8190b602ef0c77deb2fa completed April 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d14bc281688190b65b8224b70f08d7 completed April 4, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d14ca535588190aa2ff77f0658226b completed April 4, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d14d29d32c8190a8615b3450492abc completed April 4, 2026, 5:40 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:17 p.m.