Triple

T1343011
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bobby Bland E28507 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Robert Calvin Bland
Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
E227423 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: Robert Calvin Bland | Statement: [Bobby Bland, birthName, Robert Calvin Bland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Calvin Bland
Context triple: [Bobby Bland, birthName, Robert Calvin Bland]
  • A. Larry Blanford
    Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
  • B. David M. Barkley
    David M. Barkley was the son of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley and a member of the prominent Barkley political family.
  • C. Alton G. Keel Jr.
    Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • D. John J. Haden
    John J. Haden was an early 20th-century Florida horticulturist best known for developing the influential Haden mango cultivar that helped launch Florida’s commercial mango industry.
  • E. Thad Luckinbill
    Thad Luckinbill is an American actor and film producer known for roles on "The Young and the Restless" and for producing acclaimed films such as "Sicario."
  • 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: Robert Calvin Bland
Triple: [Bobby Bland, birthName, Robert Calvin Bland]
Generated description
Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Calvin Bland
Target entity description: Robert Calvin Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth vocal style and a string of hits in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • A. Larry Blanford
    Larry Blanford is a professional cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
  • B. David M. Barkley
    David M. Barkley was the son of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkley and a member of the prominent Barkley political family.
  • C. Alton G. Keel Jr.
    Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • D. John J. Haden
    John J. Haden was an early 20th-century Florida horticulturist best known for developing the influential Haden mango cultivar that helped launch Florida’s commercial mango industry.
  • E. Thad Luckinbill
    Thad Luckinbill is an American actor and film producer known for roles on "The Young and the Restless" and for producing acclaimed films such as "Sicario."
  • 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_69a49854eb3481908c7d56b2e449a290 completed March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c2174d048190a6e9380df302265f completed March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1fae5aa08190b6aa50b543a175b8 completed March 9, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae204fe6148190915219beb27128bc completed March 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae20d09c748190aebbfb88f0eedbaa completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.