Triple

T9134446
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The J.B.'s E219166 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object The James Brown Band
The James Brown Band was the powerhouse backing group for soul legend James Brown, renowned for its tight, high-energy performances that helped define the sound of funk music.
E788114 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: The James Brown Band | Statement: [The J.B.'s, associatedAct, The James Brown Band]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The James Brown Band
Context triple: [The J.B.'s, associatedAct, The James Brown Band]
  • A. James Brown and the Famous Flames
    James Brown and the Famous Flames were an influential American rhythm and blues vocal group led by James Brown that helped pioneer the soul and funk music styles in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. The Bar-Kays
    The Bar-Kays are an American soul and funk band from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for their work as a backing group for Stax Records artists and for hits like "Soul Finger."
  • C. Booker T. & the M.G.'s
    Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul music.
  • D. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
    Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers were a pioneering Washington, D.C. go-go band led by guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, known for their influential funk-driven sound.
  • E. The O’Jays
    The O’Jays are an American R&B vocal group best known for their classic 1970s Philadelphia soul hits such as “Love Train” and “Back Stabbers.”
  • 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: The James Brown Band
Triple: [The J.B.'s, associatedAct, The James Brown Band]
Generated description
The James Brown Band was the powerhouse backing group for soul legend James Brown, renowned for its tight, high-energy performances that helped define the sound of funk music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The James Brown Band
Target entity description: The James Brown Band was the powerhouse backing group for soul legend James Brown, renowned for its tight, high-energy performances that helped define the sound of funk music.
  • A. James Brown and the Famous Flames
    James Brown and the Famous Flames were an influential American rhythm and blues vocal group led by James Brown that helped pioneer the soul and funk music styles in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • B. The Bar-Kays
    The Bar-Kays are an American soul and funk band from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for their work as a backing group for Stax Records artists and for hits like "Soul Finger."
  • C. Booker T. & the M.G.'s
    Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul music.
  • D. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
    Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers were a pioneering Washington, D.C. go-go band led by guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, known for their influential funk-driven sound.
  • E. The O’Jays
    The O’Jays are an American R&B vocal group best known for their classic 1970s Philadelphia soul hits such as “Love Train” and “Back Stabbers.”
  • 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_69ca83debfc0819095800583e97ab10f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8de0dec8190978c80b9ec8bf25c completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d09b75186c8190849f86b7e26093f1 completed April 4, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d09cf11e488190b61f4a61002454e6 completed April 4, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d09e2069048190ac22b738fa324771 completed April 4, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:18 p.m.