Triple

T12379649
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rick James E295712 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object James Ambrose Johnson Jr.
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer best known by his stage name Rick James, a pioneering figure in funk music.
E977844 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: James Ambrose Johnson Jr. | Statement: [Rick James, birthName, James Ambrose Johnson Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ambrose Johnson Jr.
Context triple: [Rick James, birthName, James Ambrose Johnson Jr.]
  • A. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is the American football coach and broadcaster better known as Jimmy Johnson, who led the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1990s.
  • B. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
  • C. William Brooks Johnson
    William Brooks Johnson was an English physician and naturalist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his contributions to medical practice and scientific inquiry in Derby.
  • D. James Johnson
    James Johnson was a participant in the War of 1812, remembered for his role in the Battle of the Thames.
  • E. James Johnson
    James Johnson was an 18th-century Scottish music engraver and publisher best known for compiling and publishing the influential folk song collection "The Scots Musical Museum."
  • 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: James Ambrose Johnson Jr.
Triple: [Rick James, birthName, James Ambrose Johnson Jr.]
Generated description
James Ambrose Johnson Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer best known by his stage name Rick James, a pioneering figure in funk music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Ambrose Johnson Jr.
Target entity description: James Ambrose Johnson Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer best known by his stage name Rick James, a pioneering figure in funk music.
  • A. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is the American football coach and broadcaster better known as Jimmy Johnson, who led the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl titles in the 1990s.
  • B. James William Johnson
    James William Johnson is an individual whose specific public notability or distinguishing achievements are not clearly identifiable from the given information.
  • C. William Brooks Johnson
    William Brooks Johnson was an English physician and naturalist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his contributions to medical practice and scientific inquiry in Derby.
  • D. James Johnson
    James Johnson was a participant in the War of 1812, remembered for his role in the Battle of the Thames.
  • E. James Johnson
    James Johnson was an 18th-century Scottish music engraver and publisher best known for compiling and publishing the influential folk song collection "The Scots Musical Museum."
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62c57a26081908d6903906f6e04f0 completed May 2, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62d0c2568819083e66c8ae484d30d completed May 2, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.