Triple

T10244629
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Chi-Lites E240180 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Marshall Thompson
Marshall Thompson is an American singer best known as a longtime member and leader of the Chicago soul and R&B vocal group The Chi-Lites.
 E918409 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: Marshall Thompson | Statement: [The Chi-Lites, notableMember, Marshall Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marshall Thompson
Context triple: [The Chi-Lites, notableMember, Marshall Thompson]
  • A. Marshall Thompson
    Marshall Thompson was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood productions, including war dramas and science fiction films.
  • B. Al Thompson
    Al Thompson is an American actor known for supporting roles in films and television, including the teen comedy "Love Don't Cost a Thing."
  • C. Marshall Harvey
    Marshall Harvey is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the dark comedy "The 'Burbs."
  • D. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • E. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • 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: Marshall Thompson
Triple: [The Chi-Lites, notableMember, Marshall Thompson]
Generated description
Marshall Thompson is an American singer best known as a longtime member and leader of the Chicago soul and R&B vocal group The Chi-Lites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marshall Thompson
Target entity description: Marshall Thompson is an American singer best known as a longtime member and leader of the Chicago soul and R&B vocal group The Chi-Lites.
  • A. Marshall Thompson
    Marshall Thompson was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood productions, including war dramas and science fiction films.
  • B. Al Thompson
    Al Thompson is an American actor known for supporting roles in films and television, including the teen comedy "Love Don't Cost a Thing."
  • C. Marshall Harvey
    Marshall Harvey is a film editor best known for his work on movies such as the dark comedy "The 'Burbs."
  • D. Edward K. Thompson
    Edward K. Thompson was an influential American magazine editor best known for his leadership at Life magazine during its mid-20th-century heyday.
  • E. Clark W. Thompson
    Clark W. Thompson was a long-serving mid-20th-century Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas known for his influence on maritime and veterans’ affairs legislation.
  • 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_69d381a7e198819090280d5ab885d59e completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d22be0208190b671a4e3f81d11b8 completed April 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e525100e108190b4f6949695c7156e completed April 19, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e52a78951c8190923711067cf4e7e5 completed April 19, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5319b6ef0819096debabfb6ffbe70 completed April 19, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:26 a.m.