Triple
T12379286
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | It's the Same Old Song |
E295703
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasVocalGroup |
P44280
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton |
E296314
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton | Statement: [It's the Same Old Song, hasVocalGroup, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton Context triple: [It's the Same Old Song, hasVocalGroup, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton]
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A.
Levi Stubbs
chosen
Levi Stubbs was the powerful lead vocalist of the Motown group The Four Tops, renowned for his emotive baritone voice on hits like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)."
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B.
Otis Williams and the Charms
Otis Williams and the Charms were a 1950s American R&B and doo-wop vocal group best known for their smooth harmonies and hits like "Hearts of Stone."
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C.
Harold Melvin
Harold Melvin was an American R&B and soul singer, best known as the leader of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, a pivotal group in the 1970s Philadelphia soul movement.
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D.
Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters
Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters was a touring vocal group led by original Drifters member Bill Pinkney that preserved and performed the classic R&B and doo-wop sound of The Drifters.
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E.
Dennis Edwards
Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a lead vocalist for The Temptations during their late-1960s and 1970s psychedelic soul era.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasVocalGroup Context triple: [It's the Same Old Song, hasVocalGroup, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton]
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A.
hasVocals
Indicates that the subject includes or features vocal elements, such as singing or spoken voice, rather than being purely instrumental or non-vocal.
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B.
hasBackingVocals
Indicates that one musical performance, track, or part includes supporting vocal contributions accompanying a primary vocal line.
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C.
hasVocalPerformanceBy
chosen
Indicates that a vocal performance in a work or recording is performed by a specified person or group.
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D.
hasBackwardVocals
Indicates that the subject uses or contains backward (reversed) vocal audio in relation to the object.
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E.
hasFemaleVocalist
Indicates that the subject entity features or includes at least one female vocalist as a performer.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d93fb9eca48190aa6612ffc5ed0df2 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62ac5b46c81908d419e09f5629c37 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:48 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d93ed256788190b704cad171a4824e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.