Triple

T13744088
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Don Black E330169 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Donald Blackstone
Donald Blackstone is better known as Don Black, a British lyricist acclaimed for his work on numerous hit songs and film and stage musicals.
E1059546 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: Donald Blackstone | Statement: [Don Black, birthName, Donald Blackstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Blackstone
Context triple: [Don Black, birthName, Donald Blackstone]
  • A. Mark Robarts
    Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
  • B. Chris DeWolfe
    Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
  • C. Dwight Slade
    Dwight Slade is an American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, socially observant humor and for being a longtime friend and early comedy partner of Bill Hicks.
  • D. Michael Blanke
    Michael Blanke is an individual notable enough to be specifically referenced as a bearer of the surname Blanke.
  • E. Jeffrey Brock
    Jeffrey Brock is an American mathematician known for his contributions to low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry, as well as for his leadership roles in academic institutions.
  • 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: Donald Blackstone
Triple: [Don Black, birthName, Donald Blackstone]
Generated description
Donald Blackstone is better known as Don Black, a British lyricist acclaimed for his work on numerous hit songs and film and stage musicals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Blackstone
Target entity description: Donald Blackstone is better known as Don Black, a British lyricist acclaimed for his work on numerous hit songs and film and stage musicals.
  • A. Mark Robarts
    Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
  • B. Chris DeWolfe
    Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
  • C. Dwight Slade
    Dwight Slade is an American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, socially observant humor and for being a longtime friend and early comedy partner of Bill Hicks.
  • D. Michael Blanke
    Michael Blanke is an individual notable enough to be specifically referenced as a bearer of the surname Blanke.
  • E. Jeffrey Brock
    Jeffrey Brock is an American mathematician known for his contributions to low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry, as well as for his leadership roles in academic institutions.
  • 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_69d81c573f288190aa2403d484fa3d49 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de020855ec8190a60fa1cb761f2e68 completed April 14, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7a8501890819081152bc2e9c06836 completed May 3, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7a994cd688190a077a4854c5c71c9 completed May 3, 2026, 8:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7aa2f696081908f48d44bf7271abc completed May 3, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m.