Triple

T11732259
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject This Mortal Coil E278924 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Colin Newman
Colin Newman is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the frontman of the post-punk band Wire and for his influential solo and collaborative work.
E942227 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: Colin Newman | Statement: [This Mortal Coil, member, Colin Newman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Newman
Context triple: [This Mortal Coil, member, Colin Newman]
  • A. John Squire
    John Squire is an English musician and visual artist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band The Stone Roses.
  • B. Peter Christopherson
    Peter Christopherson was a British musician, video director, and designer best known as a member of the experimental groups Throbbing Gristle and Coil and for his influential visual work in music and album art.
  • C. Walter Hussey
    Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
  • D. Richard Butler
    Richard Butler was an American Revolutionary War officer and frontiersman whose military service on the early western frontier led to several U.S. counties being named in his honor.
  • E. Richard Butler
    Richard Butler is an Australian diplomat best known for leading United Nations weapons inspection efforts in Iraq during the late 1990s.
  • 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: Colin Newman
Triple: [This Mortal Coil, member, Colin Newman]
Generated description
Colin Newman is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the frontman of the post-punk band Wire and for his influential solo and collaborative work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Newman
Target entity description: Colin Newman is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the frontman of the post-punk band Wire and for his influential solo and collaborative work.
  • A. John Squire
    John Squire is an English musician and visual artist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band The Stone Roses.
  • B. Peter Christopherson
    Peter Christopherson was a British musician, video director, and designer best known as a member of the experimental groups Throbbing Gristle and Coil and for his influential visual work in music and album art.
  • C. Walter Hussey
    Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
  • D. Richard Butler
    Richard Butler was an American Revolutionary War officer and frontiersman whose military service on the early western frontier led to several U.S. counties being named in his honor.
  • E. Richard Butler
    Richard Butler is an Australian diplomat best known for leading United Nations weapons inspection efforts in Iraq during the late 1990s.
  • 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_69d6aaffec6881908bead509e8621742 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a4d94de08190a7184cf26d8cb94e completed April 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef83f98fc481908015df3c4e5d7ed3 completed April 27, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef9b68309081909f3f614efeeb2ab1 completed April 27, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69efd6aba82c81909ff22e6b26db3cfe completed April 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:41 p.m.