Triple

T13420891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject River Guard E313350 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object John Darnielle
John Darnielle is an American singer-songwriter and novelist best known as the frontman of the indie folk band The Mountain Goats.
E1038969 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: John Darnielle | Statement: [River Guard, writer, John Darnielle]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Darnielle
Context triple: [River Guard, writer, John Darnielle]
  • A. Jason Molina
    Jason Molina was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his work with the indie rock and slowcore projects Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., characterized by haunting vocals and emotionally intense, lyrically rich songs.
  • B. Alan Sparhawk
    Alan Sparhawk is an American musician best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the slowcore band Low, noted for his minimalist, atmospheric songwriting.
  • C. Ben Chasny
    Ben Chasny is an American guitarist and songwriter known for his experimental, psychedelic folk work and influential presence in the underground music scene.
  • D. Josh Tillman
    Josh Tillman, better known by his stage name Father John Misty, is an American singer-songwriter and former Fleet Foxes drummer acclaimed for his introspective, often satirical indie folk music.
  • E. Elliott Smith
    Elliott Smith was an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics, delicate melodies, and influential contributions to indie and alternative music in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  • 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: John Darnielle
Triple: [River Guard, writer, John Darnielle]
Generated description
John Darnielle is an American singer-songwriter and novelist best known as the frontman of the indie folk band The Mountain Goats.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Darnielle
Target entity description: John Darnielle is an American singer-songwriter and novelist best known as the frontman of the indie folk band The Mountain Goats.
  • A. Jason Molina
    Jason Molina was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his work with the indie rock and slowcore projects Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., characterized by haunting vocals and emotionally intense, lyrically rich songs.
  • B. Alan Sparhawk
    Alan Sparhawk is an American musician best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the slowcore band Low, noted for his minimalist, atmospheric songwriting.
  • C. Ben Chasny
    Ben Chasny is an American guitarist and songwriter known for his experimental, psychedelic folk work and influential presence in the underground music scene.
  • D. Josh Tillman
    Josh Tillman, better known by his stage name Father John Misty, is an American singer-songwriter and former Fleet Foxes drummer acclaimed for his introspective, often satirical indie folk music.
  • E. Elliott Smith
    Elliott Smith was an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics, delicate melodies, and influential contributions to indie and alternative music in the 1990s and early 2000s.
  • 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_69d806ad0c44819088833ae1ec9e9690 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaeb98e808190948013e8f24779c6 completed April 12, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7308493e481909da52f8bbcc0bd6b completed May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f73195e4d88190ad356d0e3e18d34f completed May 3, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f73220ffc08190bfb1b89757efd606 completed May 3, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:39 p.m.