Triple

T1011556
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Trolley Song E21834 entity
Predicate lyricist P1360 FINISHED
Object Ralph Blane
Ralph Blane was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on classic MGM musicals, particularly his collaborations with Hugh Martin on songs for "Meet Me in St. Louis."
E125563 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: Ralph Blane | Statement: [The Trolley Song, lyricist, Ralph Blane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Blane
Context triple: [The Trolley Song, lyricist, Ralph Blane]
  • A. Owen Marks
    Owen Marks was a prominent American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the iconic 1942 drama "Casablanca."
  • B. George Scott
    George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Leo Genn
    Leo Genn was a British actor and barrister known for his distinguished, authoritative screen presence in mid-20th-century films.
  • D. Stanley Goble
    Stanley Goble was an Australian naval aviator and senior officer who became a pioneering figure in military aviation and later served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
  • E. Clive Francis
    Clive Francis is a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "A Clockwork Orange" and numerous period dramas.
  • 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: Ralph Blane
Triple: [The Trolley Song, lyricist, Ralph Blane]
Generated description
Ralph Blane was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on classic MGM musicals, particularly his collaborations with Hugh Martin on songs for "Meet Me in St. Louis."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ralph Blane
Target entity description: Ralph Blane was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on classic MGM musicals, particularly his collaborations with Hugh Martin on songs for "Meet Me in St. Louis."
  • A. Owen Marks
    Owen Marks was a prominent American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the iconic 1942 drama "Casablanca."
  • B. George Scott
    George Scott was a power-hitting first baseman and three-time All-Star known for his strong defense and key role with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Leo Genn
    Leo Genn was a British actor and barrister known for his distinguished, authoritative screen presence in mid-20th-century films.
  • D. Stanley Goble
    Stanley Goble was an Australian naval aviator and senior officer who became a pioneering figure in military aviation and later served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
  • E. Clive Francis
    Clive Francis is a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "A Clockwork Orange" and numerous period dramas.
  • 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_69a493c68e24819080ed0ee8bcfd5ce0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b7a743cc8190a46e6a14e3e8130f completed March 1, 2026, 10:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac4c0ef95081909ddc4ec480248572 completed March 7, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac4c9162a88190817354ad9aec1d04 completed March 7, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac4d3f62c881908e189bfe8cbbd2ac completed March 7, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.