Triple

T10956638
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject October Road E258861 entity
Predicate hasTrack P3284 FINISHED
Object Mean Old Man
"Mean Old Man" is a song featured on the album *October Road* by singer-songwriter James Taylor.
E894606 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: Mean Old Man | Statement: [October Road, hasTrack, Mean Old Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mean Old Man
Context triple: [October Road, hasTrack, Mean Old Man]
  • A. Old Man
    "Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
  • B. Old Man
    Old Man is the central, allegorical figure in the work "Purgatory," embodying themes of guilt, suffering, and spiritual reckoning.
  • C. the Old Man
    The Old Man is a central, symbolic figure in Ernest Hemingway’s novella "The Old Man and the Sea," representing endurance, dignity, and the human struggle against overwhelming odds.
  • D. Same Old Man
    "Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
  • E. Prior Velho
    Prior Velho is a locality in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal, situated near the town of Sacavém and close to Lisbon’s main airport.
  • 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: Mean Old Man
Triple: [October Road, hasTrack, Mean Old Man]
Generated description
"Mean Old Man" is a song featured on the album *October Road* by singer-songwriter James Taylor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mean Old Man
Target entity description: "Mean Old Man" is a song featured on the album *October Road* by singer-songwriter James Taylor.
  • A. Old Man
    "Old Man" is a classic folk-rock song by Neil Young, known for its reflective lyrics about aging and life perspective, originally released on his 1972 album "Harvest."
  • B. Old Man
    Old Man is the central, allegorical figure in the work "Purgatory," embodying themes of guilt, suffering, and spiritual reckoning.
  • C. the Old Man
    The Old Man is a central, symbolic figure in Ernest Hemingway’s novella "The Old Man and the Sea," representing endurance, dignity, and the human struggle against overwhelming odds.
  • D. Same Old Man
    "Same Old Man" is a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2010 album *Have One on Me*, known for its intricate lyrics and distinctive harp-driven folk sound.
  • E. Prior Velho
    Prior Velho is a locality in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal, situated near the town of Sacavém and close to Lisbon’s main airport.
  • 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_69d6aa88500c819097d7032ca578e74f completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d771260e9881909401a7a7466e1b8a completed April 9, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e23c72196c8190b2336a130b64ab8e completed April 17, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e2454473f48190bfd44d0d0f48bc60 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e245f3c9988190a74ddd330621f7e1 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:23 p.m.