Triple

T13094694
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Big Mama Thornton E310552 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Willie Mae Thornton
Willie Mae Thornton was an influential American blues singer and songwriter best known for her powerful vocals and for originally recording the song "Hound Dog."
E1019846 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: Willie Mae Thornton | Statement: [Big Mama Thornton, birthName, Willie Mae Thornton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Mae Thornton
Context triple: [Big Mama Thornton, birthName, Willie Mae Thornton]
  • A. Verna Fields
    Verna Fields was an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the blockbuster thriller "Jaws" and her influential role in New Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Willie Mae Blanton
    Willie Mae Blanton was the wife of former Tennessee governor Ray Blanton and served as the state's First Lady during his administration.
  • C. Etta Mae Johnson
    Etta Mae Johnson is a central character in Gloria Naylor’s novel *The Women of Brewster Place*, portrayed as a charismatic, world-weary woman whose search for love and stability reflects the struggles and resilience of Black women in an urban housing project.
  • D. Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee was an acclaimed American actress, poet, playwright, and civil rights activist known for her powerful performances on stage and screen and her longstanding partnership with Ossie Davis.
  • E. Leslie Uggams
    Leslie Uggams is an American actress and singer known for her work on stage, television, and film, including her acclaimed performances in musical theater and dramatic roles.
  • 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: Willie Mae Thornton
Triple: [Big Mama Thornton, birthName, Willie Mae Thornton]
Generated description
Willie Mae Thornton was an influential American blues singer and songwriter best known for her powerful vocals and for originally recording the song "Hound Dog."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willie Mae Thornton
Target entity description: Willie Mae Thornton was an influential American blues singer and songwriter best known for her powerful vocals and for originally recording the song "Hound Dog."
  • A. Verna Fields
    Verna Fields was an American film editor best known for her Oscar-winning work on the blockbuster thriller "Jaws" and her influential role in New Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Willie Mae Blanton
    Willie Mae Blanton was the wife of former Tennessee governor Ray Blanton and served as the state's First Lady during his administration.
  • C. Etta Mae Johnson
    Etta Mae Johnson is a central character in Gloria Naylor’s novel *The Women of Brewster Place*, portrayed as a charismatic, world-weary woman whose search for love and stability reflects the struggles and resilience of Black women in an urban housing project.
  • D. Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee was an acclaimed American actress, poet, playwright, and civil rights activist known for her powerful performances on stage and screen and her longstanding partnership with Ossie Davis.
  • E. Leslie Uggams
    Leslie Uggams is an American actress and singer known for her work on stage, television, and film, including her acclaimed performances in musical theater and dramatic roles.
  • 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_69d806a733548190989cfd4ce981ca33 completed April 9, 2026, 8:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9813cd1b881909871a318fdd60672 completed April 10, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6d617f1908190a2fa147bedede54f completed May 3, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6d6e326408190b7906c7ea8e3ef85 completed May 3, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6d8760acc81908922ce960cbbd250 completed May 3, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:03 p.m.