Triple

T12350042
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tears of a Clown E294458 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Hank Cosby
Hank Cosby was an American Motown songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing hits like "The Tears of a Clown" for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.
E1008247 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: Hank Cosby | Statement: [The Tears of a Clown, writer, Hank Cosby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hank Cosby
Context triple: [The Tears of a Clown, writer, Hank Cosby]
  • A. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • B. Lloyd Haynes
    Lloyd Haynes was an American actor best known for his television work in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly for his role as a schoolteacher on the series "Room 222."
  • C. Marvin Scandrick
    Marvin Scandrick, better known as Slim, is an American R&B singer and member of the group 112, recognized for his distinctive falsetto vocals and contributions to early-2000s R&B hits.
  • D. Henry Kimbro
    Henry Kimbro was a standout center fielder in Negro league baseball, best known for his hitting, speed, and defensive prowess during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Carvin Haggins
    Carvin Haggins is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his work in R&B and neo-soul, including collaborations with artists like Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.
  • 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: Hank Cosby
Triple: [The Tears of a Clown, writer, Hank Cosby]
Generated description
Hank Cosby was an American Motown songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing hits like "The Tears of a Clown" for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hank Cosby
Target entity description: Hank Cosby was an American Motown songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing hits like "The Tears of a Clown" for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.
  • A. Roy Hinson
    Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
  • B. Lloyd Haynes
    Lloyd Haynes was an American actor best known for his television work in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly for his role as a schoolteacher on the series "Room 222."
  • C. Marvin Scandrick
    Marvin Scandrick, better known as Slim, is an American R&B singer and member of the group 112, recognized for his distinctive falsetto vocals and contributions to early-2000s R&B hits.
  • D. Henry Kimbro
    Henry Kimbro was a standout center fielder in Negro league baseball, best known for his hitting, speed, and defensive prowess during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Carvin Haggins
    Carvin Haggins is an American songwriter and record producer best known for his work in R&B and neo-soul, including collaborations with artists like Musiq Soulchild and Jill Scott.
  • 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_69d6ab6ccbec8190b09e2d357aa80064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f7cbff08190849cd2aec4ce3243 completed April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a533a2788190b885c000c29f4e87 completed May 3, 2026, 1:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a6e9ad50819091169f9a1b697d7d completed May 3, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a7a3c9948190bc6cee51ee66103d completed May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.