Triple

T11305275
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Preston E267698 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Everett Preston
William Everett Preston was an American musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his virtuoso keyboard work and collaborations with artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
E917054 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: William Everett Preston | Statement: [Billy Preston, birthName, William Everett Preston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Everett Preston
Context triple: [Billy Preston, birthName, William Everett Preston]
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Frank Robert Pierce
    Frank Robert Pierce was the son of Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States.
  • D. John Howard Stevens
    John Howard Stevens was an American architect who worked in partnership with his father John Calvin Stevens, contributing to early 20th-century architectural projects in Maine.
  • E. William Warren Bradley
    William Warren Bradley is an American former professional basketball player, U.S. senator from New Jersey, and Democratic presidential candidate known for his work on tax reform and campaign finance.
  • 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: William Everett Preston
Triple: [Billy Preston, birthName, William Everett Preston]
Generated description
William Everett Preston was an American musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his virtuoso keyboard work and collaborations with artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Everett Preston
Target entity description: William Everett Preston was an American musician, singer, and songwriter renowned for his virtuoso keyboard work and collaborations with artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
  • 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. 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.
  • C. Frank Robert Pierce
    Frank Robert Pierce was the son of Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States.
  • D. John Howard Stevens
    John Howard Stevens was an American architect who worked in partnership with his father John Calvin Stevens, contributing to early 20th-century architectural projects in Maine.
  • E. William Warren Bradley
    William Warren Bradley is an American former professional basketball player, U.S. senator from New Jersey, and Democratic presidential candidate known for his work on tax reform and campaign finance.
  • 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_69d6aaca5c24819083db46a30d86cb34 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e9a7255c81909675fe9ad6d71934 completed April 9, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e50a57366081908a05fc52c5d4074c completed April 19, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e510fb1e288190a7a38fe896d7b91d completed April 19, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e516bec3e481909cbd0d9c683d2191 completed April 19, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.