Triple

T10734070
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject All I Could Do Was Cry E253145 entity
Predicate composer P1361 FINISHED
Object Billy Davis
Billy Davis was an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work in soul and R&B music during the 1950s and 1960s.
E883524 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: Billy Davis | Statement: [All I Could Do Was Cry, composer, Billy Davis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Davis
Context triple: [All I Could Do Was Cry, composer, Billy Davis]
  • A. Billy Davis Jr.
    Billy Davis Jr. is an American singer and musician best known as a member of the Grammy-winning vocal group The 5th Dimension and for his musical partnership with his wife, Marilyn McCoo.
  • B. Ben Davis
    Ben Davis is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films including several Marvel Cinematic Universe entries.
  • C. Allen Davis
    Allen Davis was an influential American football executive and longtime principal owner and general manager of the NFL’s Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, known for his maverick leadership and “Just win, baby” philosophy.
  • D. Clay Davis
    Clay Davis is a corrupt and charismatic Maryland state senator in the television series "The Wire," notorious for his drawn-out exclamation of "sheeeeeit."
  • E. Andy Davis
    Andy Davis is the young boy and devoted toy owner whose imagination and attachment to his toys drive much of the emotional core of the Toy Story film series.
  • 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: Billy Davis
Triple: [All I Could Do Was Cry, composer, Billy Davis]
Generated description
Billy Davis was an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work in soul and R&B music during the 1950s and 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Davis
Target entity description: Billy Davis was an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work in soul and R&B music during the 1950s and 1960s.
  • A. Billy Davis Jr.
    Billy Davis Jr. is an American singer and musician best known as a member of the Grammy-winning vocal group The 5th Dimension and for his musical partnership with his wife, Marilyn McCoo.
  • B. Ben Davis
    Ben Davis is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films including several Marvel Cinematic Universe entries.
  • C. Allen Davis
    Allen Davis was an influential American football executive and longtime principal owner and general manager of the NFL’s Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, known for his maverick leadership and “Just win, baby” philosophy.
  • D. Clay Davis
    Clay Davis is a corrupt and charismatic Maryland state senator in the television series "The Wire," notorious for his drawn-out exclamation of "sheeeeeit."
  • E. Andy Davis
    Andy Davis is the young boy and devoted toy owner whose imagination and attachment to his toys drive much of the emotional core of the Toy Story film series.
  • 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_69d6aa5d8be481909a43218b2bfdbe95 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d71020e1c881909e40f398de2bdd25 completed April 9, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de22bb62e481909544c87801012df3 completed April 14, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de271ca4f081908d78a20b25ebd25c completed April 14, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de2ccee0cc8190acd24d5c225f7cde completed April 14, 2026, 12:02 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:14 p.m.