Triple

T13472382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Dust Brothers E318160 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band known for its quirky, experimental style, clever lyrics, and influential work in both adult and children’s music.
 E357401 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: They Might Be Giants | Statement: [The Dust Brothers, collaboratedWith, They Might Be Giants]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: They Might Be Giants
Context triple: [The Dust Brothers, collaboratedWith, They Might Be Giants]
  • A. They Might Be Giants
    They Might Be Giants is a 1971 mystery-comedy film in which George C. Scott plays a man who believes he is Sherlock Holmes, exploring themes of imagination and sanity.
  • B. Ben Folds Five
    Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock piano trio known for its witty, piano-driven songs and 1990s hits like "Brick."
  • C. Pavement
    Pavement is an influential American indie rock band, formed in the late 1980s, known for its lo-fi sound, offbeat lyrics, and major impact on 1990s alternative music.
  • D. Fountains of Wayne
    Fountains of Wayne was an American power pop and alternative rock band best known for their melodic, hook-driven songs and the hit single "Stacy's Mom."
  • E. The Apples in Stereo
    The Apples in Stereo is an American indie rock band known for its catchy, psychedelic pop sound and association with the Elephant 6 collective.
  • 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: They Might Be Giants
Triple: [The Dust Brothers, collaboratedWith, They Might Be Giants]
Generated description
They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band known for its quirky, experimental style, clever lyrics, and influential work in both adult and children’s music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: They Might Be Giants
Target entity description: They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band known for its quirky, experimental style, clever lyrics, and influential work in both adult and children’s music.
  • A. They Might Be Giants chosen
    They Might Be Giants is a 1971 mystery-comedy film in which George C. Scott plays a man who believes he is Sherlock Holmes, exploring themes of imagination and sanity.
  • B. Ben Folds Five
    Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock piano trio known for its witty, piano-driven songs and 1990s hits like "Brick."
  • C. Pavement
    Pavement is an influential American indie rock band, formed in the late 1980s, known for its lo-fi sound, offbeat lyrics, and major impact on 1990s alternative music.
  • D. Fountains of Wayne
    Fountains of Wayne was an American power pop and alternative rock band best known for their melodic, hook-driven songs and the hit single "Stacy's Mom."
  • E. The Apples in Stereo
    The Apples in Stereo is an American indie rock band known for its catchy, psychedelic pop sound and association with the Elephant 6 collective.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d806b6bfec819089222715b2e86c8e completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf22e5f88190b1078f006c8ef7c0 completed April 12, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7462d97688190b5b817fff5973ceb completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f74b294e548190a34120a99be38ed2 completed May 3, 2026, 1:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f74b8ed66081909cfba73e4c2667a4 completed May 3, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:42 p.m.