Triple
T9432746
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Calvin Bland |
E227423
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Bobby "Blue" Bland |
E28507
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Bobby "Blue" Bland | Statement: [Robert Calvin Bland, alsoKnownAs, Bobby "Blue" Bland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby "Blue" Bland Context triple: [Robert Calvin Bland, alsoKnownAs, Bobby "Blue" Bland]
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A.
Bobby Bland
chosen
Bobby Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and a string of R&B hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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B.
Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
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C.
Bobby Robinson
Bobby Robinson is a songwriter best known for his work on the song "Honey."
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D.
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis was an influential American bandleader, songwriter, producer, and key figure in the development of rhythm and blues who helped launch the careers of numerous major artists.
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E.
Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8437a7ac81908651de48f2d2141d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd7e61a114819081fc4a2ad39c96ba |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d12cd623308190ba55223399ee3aa8 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:49 p.m.