Triple

T13793262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roger Troutman E331450 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Lester Troutman
Lester Troutman is an American drummer and producer best known as a member of the funk band Zapp, contributing to the influential Dayton, Ohio funk sound of the 1980s.
E1064249 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: Lester Troutman | Statement: [Roger Troutman, sibling, Lester Troutman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Troutman
Context triple: [Roger Troutman, sibling, Lester Troutman]
  • A. Larry Troutman
    Larry Troutman was an American musician and producer best known as a member of the funk band Zapp and for his influential work in the development of the West Coast funk sound.
  • B. Bill Strother
    Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
  • C. Jerry Travers
    Jerry Travers is the charming, tap-dancing American performer played by Fred Astaire in the classic 1935 musical film "Top Hat."
  • D. Ray Blanton
    Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
  • E. Chester Trent
    Chester Trent is the given first and middle name of Trent Lott, a longtime U.S. politician who served as Senate Majority Leader.
  • 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: Lester Troutman
Triple: [Roger Troutman, sibling, Lester Troutman]
Generated description
Lester Troutman is an American drummer and producer best known as a member of the funk band Zapp, contributing to the influential Dayton, Ohio funk sound of the 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Troutman
Target entity description: Lester Troutman is an American drummer and producer best known as a member of the funk band Zapp, contributing to the influential Dayton, Ohio funk sound of the 1980s.
  • A. Larry Troutman
    Larry Troutman was an American musician and producer best known as a member of the funk band Zapp and for his influential work in the development of the West Coast funk sound.
  • B. Bill Strother
    Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
  • C. Jerry Travers
    Jerry Travers is the charming, tap-dancing American performer played by Fred Astaire in the classic 1935 musical film "Top Hat."
  • D. Ray Blanton
    Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
  • E. Chester Trent
    Chester Trent is the given first and middle name of Trent Lott, a longtime U.S. politician who served as Senate Majority Leader.
  • 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_69d81c58feb08190a77bca8bf7d6d20f completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0258a1408190a837d17c6d6a2bd4 completed April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b8d893448190b37ecbf8d2ded239 completed May 3, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b9d773f881908660e8a0645d318d completed May 3, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7bbf47c888190be32a4105903120a completed May 3, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.