Triple
T10847974
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Thalben-Ball |
E256064
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ)
Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) is a virtuosic organ composition by George Thalben-Ball that showcases brilliant technical display and inventive treatment of Niccolò Paganini’s famous theme.
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E889720
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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: Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) | Statement: [George Thalben-Ball, notableWork, Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) Context triple: [George Thalben-Ball, notableWork, Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ)]
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A.
Paganini Variations, Op. 35
Paganini Variations, Op. 35 is a virtuosic set of piano variations by Johannes Brahms based on a theme by Niccolò Paganini, renowned for its technical difficulty and inventive treatment of the original melody.
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B.
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a virtuosic concert work for piano and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff that famously transforms Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 into a series of inventive variations.
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C.
Piano Variations
Piano Variations is a stark, modernist solo piano piece by Aaron Copland, noted for its rigorous use of a single theme and its influential role in American 20th-century music.
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D.
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 is a highly expressive and structurally innovative piano cycle by Robert Schumann, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s literary character Johannes Kreisler and regarded as one of the composer’s greatest keyboard works.
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E.
Passacaglia, Op. 1
Passacaglia, Op. 1 is Anton Webern’s early orchestral masterpiece that bridges late-Romantic lushness with the emerging modernist style that would define his later work.
- 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: Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) Triple: [George Thalben-Ball, notableWork, Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ)]
Generated description
Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) is a virtuosic organ composition by George Thalben-Ball that showcases brilliant technical display and inventive treatment of Niccolò Paganini’s famous theme.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) Target entity description: Variations on a theme of Paganini (organ) is a virtuosic organ composition by George Thalben-Ball that showcases brilliant technical display and inventive treatment of Niccolò Paganini’s famous theme.
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A.
Paganini Variations, Op. 35
Paganini Variations, Op. 35 is a virtuosic set of piano variations by Johannes Brahms based on a theme by Niccolò Paganini, renowned for its technical difficulty and inventive treatment of the original melody.
-
B.
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a virtuosic concert work for piano and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff that famously transforms Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 into a series of inventive variations.
-
C.
Piano Variations
Piano Variations is a stark, modernist solo piano piece by Aaron Copland, noted for its rigorous use of a single theme and its influential role in American 20th-century music.
-
D.
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 is a highly expressive and structurally innovative piano cycle by Robert Schumann, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s literary character Johannes Kreisler and regarded as one of the composer’s greatest keyboard works.
-
E.
Passacaglia, Op. 1
Passacaglia, Op. 1 is Anton Webern’s early orchestral masterpiece that bridges late-Romantic lushness with the emerging modernist style that would define his later work.
- 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_69d6aa81a5d08190aa86689061d1ddd2 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d75114ca988190a0e730131adb2df0 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69deb170e714819097babb2b850342d2 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69dec255abb08190bf93573c41aa35e9 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69dec7c48c3c81909365b901830f0906 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.