Triple

T10548022
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tennessee Ernie Ford E248872 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Ernest Jennings Ford
Ernest Jennings Ford, better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American country and gospel singer and television host famed for his rich baritone voice and hit song "Sixteen Tons."
E870115 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: Ernest Jennings Ford | Statement: [Tennessee Ernie Ford, birthName, Ernest Jennings Ford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Jennings Ford
Context triple: [Tennessee Ernie Ford, birthName, Ernest Jennings Ford]
  • A. Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
    Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
  • B. Ray Kellogg
    Ray Kellogg was an American film director and special effects artist best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood productions, including war documentaries and genre films.
  • C. Albert Nelson
    Albert Nelson, better known as Albert King, was an influential American blues guitarist and singer renowned for his powerful string-bending style and impact on electric blues and rock music.
  • D. Roland Wiltse Hayes
    Roland Wiltse Hayes was a pioneering African American lyric tenor and composer who gained international acclaim in the early 20th century for his concert performances and spiritual arrangements.
  • E. John Sheldon Doud
    John Sheldon Doud was an American businessman and the father of Mamie Eisenhower, who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • 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: Ernest Jennings Ford
Triple: [Tennessee Ernie Ford, birthName, Ernest Jennings Ford]
Generated description
Ernest Jennings Ford, better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American country and gospel singer and television host famed for his rich baritone voice and hit song "Sixteen Tons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Jennings Ford
Target entity description: Ernest Jennings Ford, better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American country and gospel singer and television host famed for his rich baritone voice and hit song "Sixteen Tons."
  • A. Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
    Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
  • B. Ray Kellogg
    Ray Kellogg was an American film director and special effects artist best known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood productions, including war documentaries and genre films.
  • C. Albert Nelson
    Albert Nelson, better known as Albert King, was an influential American blues guitarist and singer renowned for his powerful string-bending style and impact on electric blues and rock music.
  • D. Roland Wiltse Hayes
    Roland Wiltse Hayes was a pioneering African American lyric tenor and composer who gained international acclaim in the early 20th century for his concert performances and spiritual arrangements.
  • E. John Sheldon Doud
    John Sheldon Doud was an American businessman and the father of Mamie Eisenhower, who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  • 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_69d526d305d081909b48d244e1cfa092 completed April 7, 2026, 3:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d93457af7c819090f576ae606c5849 completed April 10, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d938c8b25c8190bb048053d8668e5c completed April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d939b1844881908c8fbcb9488863f6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:33 p.m.