Triple

T12993944
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shipoopi E321983 entity
Predicate performedInCharacter P1668 FINISHED
Object Marcellus Washburn
Marcellus Washburn is a comedic supporting character in the musical "The Music Man," known as Harold Hill’s friend and the exuberant singer of the number "Shipoopi."
 E1066372 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: Marcellus Washburn | Statement: [Shipoopi, performedInCharacter, Marcellus Washburn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marcellus Washburn
Context triple: [Shipoopi, performedInCharacter, Marcellus Washburn]
  • A. Coleman Laffoon
    Coleman Laffoon is an American real estate broker and former cameraman best known for his past marriage to actress Anne Heche.
  • B. Holton D. Robinson
    Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
  • C. Floyd J. McCree
    Floyd J. McCree was a pioneering American politician best known as one of the first African American mayors of a major Midwestern industrial city during the civil rights era.
  • D. Augustus F. Hawkins
    Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
  • E. Charles Furthman
    Charles Furthman was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
  • 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: Marcellus Washburn
Triple: [Shipoopi, performedInCharacter, Marcellus Washburn]
Generated description
Marcellus Washburn is a comedic supporting character in the musical "The Music Man," known as Harold Hill’s friend and the exuberant singer of the number "Shipoopi."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marcellus Washburn
Target entity description: Marcellus Washburn is a comedic supporting character in the musical "The Music Man," known as Harold Hill’s friend and the exuberant singer of the number "Shipoopi."
  • A. Coleman Laffoon
    Coleman Laffoon is an American real estate broker and former cameraman best known for his past marriage to actress Anne Heche.
  • B. Holton D. Robinson
    Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
  • C. Floyd J. McCree
    Floyd J. McCree was a pioneering American politician best known as one of the first African American mayors of a major Midwestern industrial city during the civil rights era.
  • D. Augustus F. Hawkins
    Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
  • E. Charles Furthman
    Charles Furthman was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
  • 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_69d8076479b8819090afce3591939cdf completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e7877f481908a03f1077600e58a completed April 10, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c0d12cd88190b6e205ad98296ed9 completed May 3, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c1e73fb481909f89ab3c0e9fb7d0 completed May 3, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c33c2f34819084502d5f03f09ddd completed May 3, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:44 p.m.