Triple

T13615622
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Doobie Brothers E325301 entity
Predicate album P1995 FINISHED
Object One Step Closer
One Step Closer is a 1980 studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, known for its soft rock and pop-oriented sound and for being the last album to feature Michael McDonald before their initial breakup.
 E1051430 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: One Step Closer | Statement: [The Doobie Brothers, album, One Step Closer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: One Step Closer
Context triple: [The Doobie Brothers, album, One Step Closer]
  • A. One Step Closer
    "One Step Closer" is a song by U2 featured on their 2004 rock album *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*.
  • B. One Step Closer
    "One Step Closer" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the 1997 neo-noir film "Lost Highway," known for its dark, atmospheric tone.
  • C. One Step Closer
    "One Step Closer" is a high-energy nu metal track by Linkin Park that became one of the band’s breakout hits from their debut album "Hybrid Theory."
  • D. So Close
    So Close is a popular song by South Korean singer JR, recognized as one of his standout solo releases.
  • E. So Close
    "So Close" is a popular electronic dance track by German DJ and producer Felix Jaehn, known for its catchy melody and radio-friendly sound.
  • 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: One Step Closer
Triple: [The Doobie Brothers, album, One Step Closer]
Generated description
One Step Closer is a 1980 studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, known for its soft rock and pop-oriented sound and for being the last album to feature Michael McDonald before their initial breakup.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: One Step Closer
Target entity description: One Step Closer is a 1980 studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, known for its soft rock and pop-oriented sound and for being the last album to feature Michael McDonald before their initial breakup.
  • A. One Step Closer
    "One Step Closer" is a song by U2 featured on their 2004 rock album *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*.
  • B. One Step Closer
    "One Step Closer" is a high-energy nu metal track by Linkin Park that became one of the band’s breakout hits from their debut album "Hybrid Theory."
  • C. One Step Closer
    "One Step Closer" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the 1997 neo-noir film "Lost Highway," known for its dark, atmospheric tone.
  • D. So Close
    So Close is a popular song by South Korean singer JR, recognized as one of his standout solo releases.
  • E. So Close
    "So Close" is a popular electronic dance track by German DJ and producer Felix Jaehn, known for its catchy melody and radio-friendly sound.
  • 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_69f77f9ecc2881909f71d71e056f9459 completed May 3, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f782c41634819096b0939c6c917259 completed May 3, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f78366eca88190be313c3a1b1e23ff completed May 3, 2026, 5:18 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:50 p.m.