Triple

T1006271
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blind Melon E21719 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Brad Smith
Brad Smith is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Blind Melon.
 E118078 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: Brad Smith | Statement: [Blind Melon, hasMember, Brad Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brad Smith
Context triple: [Blind Melon, hasMember, Brad Smith]
  • A. Ben Smith
    Ben Smith is an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to its first Olympic gold medal in 1998 and for his long, influential career in international women’s hockey.
  • B. Rick Hahn
    Rick Hahn is an American baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball.
  • C. Brendan Rogers
    Brendan Rogers is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for managing clubs such as Liverpool, Celtic, and Leicester City.
  • D. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • E. Tex Schramm
    Tex Schramm was a pioneering NFL executive best known for building the Dallas Cowboys into a powerhouse franchise and helping modernize the league through innovations in marketing, broadcasting, and game rules.
  • 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: Brad Smith
Triple: [Blind Melon, hasMember, Brad Smith]
Generated description
Brad Smith is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Blind Melon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brad Smith
Target entity description: Brad Smith is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Blind Melon.
  • A. Ben Smith
    Ben Smith is an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to its first Olympic gold medal in 1998 and for his long, influential career in international women’s hockey.
  • B. Rick Hahn
    Rick Hahn is an American baseball executive best known for serving as the general manager of the Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball.
  • C. Brendan Rogers
    Brendan Rogers is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for managing clubs such as Liverpool, Celtic, and Leicester City.
  • D. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • E. Tex Schramm
    Tex Schramm was a pioneering NFL executive best known for building the Dallas Cowboys into a powerhouse franchise and helping modernize the league through innovations in marketing, broadcasting, and game rules.
  • 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_69a493c53e648190ae8cb76c433fd9a7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b51434f081909b301ad1c151af03 completed March 1, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac2a21034081908ce6eb7d9827aba2 completed March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac2a6dedb88190b2943c056d99e02f completed March 7, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac2ae2a5748190ba518f29d7564822 completed March 7, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.