Triple

T13615593
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Doobie Brothers E325301 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Tom Johnston
Tom Johnston is an American rock musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, and lead vocalist of The Doobie Brothers, contributing many of their classic hits.
E1056524 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: Tom Johnston | Statement: [The Doobie Brothers, member, Tom Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Johnston
Context triple: [The Doobie Brothers, member, Tom Johnston]
  • A. Tom Johnston
    Tom Johnston was a prominent Scottish Labour politician and reformer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland during World War II and was known for his major role in postwar social and economic development, including the expansion of hydroelectric power.
  • B. Conrad Burns
    Conrad Burns was a Republican U.S. Senator from Montana who served from 1989 to 2007 and was known for his conservative positions and involvement in agricultural and telecommunications policy.
  • C. Henry L. Jackson
    Henry L. Jackson was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of Esquire, the influential men's lifestyle magazine.
  • D. Ken Mansfield
    Ken Mansfield was an American record producer and music industry executive best known for his work with country and rock artists and his close association with the Beatles’ Apple Records.
  • E. Bill Crawford
    Bill Crawford is a former United States Air Force enlisted airman and janitor who was belatedly recognized with the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during World War II.
  • 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: Tom Johnston
Triple: [The Doobie Brothers, member, Tom Johnston]
Generated description
Tom Johnston is an American rock musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, and lead vocalist of The Doobie Brothers, contributing many of their classic hits.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Johnston
Target entity description: Tom Johnston is an American rock musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, and lead vocalist of The Doobie Brothers, contributing many of their classic hits.
  • A. Tom Johnston
    Tom Johnston was a prominent Scottish Labour politician and reformer who served as Secretary of State for Scotland during World War II and was known for his major role in postwar social and economic development, including the expansion of hydroelectric power.
  • B. Conrad Burns
    Conrad Burns was a Republican U.S. Senator from Montana who served from 1989 to 2007 and was known for his conservative positions and involvement in agricultural and telecommunications policy.
  • C. Henry L. Jackson
    Henry L. Jackson was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of Esquire, the influential men's lifestyle magazine.
  • D. Ken Mansfield
    Ken Mansfield was an American record producer and music industry executive best known for his work with country and rock artists and his close association with the Beatles’ Apple Records.
  • E. Bill Crawford
    Bill Crawford is a former United States Air Force enlisted airman and janitor who was belatedly recognized with the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during World War II.
  • 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_69d8076aae28819092cf636190ee5529 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbb0ad0a7c81909c7972187202db96 completed April 12, 2026, 2:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f79d41d1108190be5193b246845f07 completed May 3, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f79e1a90408190936cb71e567e10aa completed May 3, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f79ee74ea48190a4c753b12bb9190e completed May 3, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.