Triple

T10547825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lightnin’ Hopkins E248867 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Sam John Hopkins
Sam John Hopkins, better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was a highly influential American Texas blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter renowned for his distinctive electric blues style.
E872276 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: Sam John Hopkins | Statement: [Lightnin’ Hopkins, birthName, Sam John Hopkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam John Hopkins
Context triple: [Lightnin’ Hopkins, birthName, Sam John Hopkins]
  • A. Joel Hopkins
    Joel Hopkins is a British film director and screenwriter known for character-driven romantic comedies such as "Last Chance Harvey."
  • B. Neil Hopkins
    Neil Hopkins is an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like the science fiction movie "Skyline" and the TV series "Lost."
  • C. Fred Hopkins
    Fred Hopkins was an influential American jazz double bassist known for his innovative work in the avant-garde and free jazz scenes, particularly with the trio Air.
  • D. Richard Hopkins
    Richard Hopkins was a British television producer best known for developing and producing major entertainment formats, including the hit dance competition show Strictly Come Dancing.
  • E. Stephen Hopkin
    Stephen Hopkin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Hopkin, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • 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: Sam John Hopkins
Triple: [Lightnin’ Hopkins, birthName, Sam John Hopkins]
Generated description
Sam John Hopkins, better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was a highly influential American Texas blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter renowned for his distinctive electric blues style.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam John Hopkins
Target entity description: Sam John Hopkins, better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was a highly influential American Texas blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter renowned for his distinctive electric blues style.
  • A. Joel Hopkins
    Joel Hopkins is a British film director and screenwriter known for character-driven romantic comedies such as "Last Chance Harvey."
  • B. Neil Hopkins
    Neil Hopkins is an American actor best known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like the science fiction movie "Skyline" and the TV series "Lost."
  • C. Fred Hopkins
    Fred Hopkins was an influential American jazz double bassist known for his innovative work in the avant-garde and free jazz scenes, particularly with the trio Air.
  • D. Richard Hopkins
    Richard Hopkins was a British television producer best known for developing and producing major entertainment formats, including the hit dance competition show Strictly Come Dancing.
  • E. Stephen Hopkin
    Stephen Hopkin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Hopkin, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • 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_69d381c733c08190ab1dd6239f5f34ae completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d526d20ef48190ab9f70d4ce5f2a11 completed April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d94b3148dc81908720c27e58a325ab completed April 10, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d94ca07da481908f2d546f8ddc9326 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d94e8687bc819082b672a64bf85500 completed April 10, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:33 p.m.