Triple

T13865712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Teddy Pendergrass E333319 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Pendergrass
Pendergrass is the surname of Teddy Pendergrass, the influential American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful voice and work with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist.
E1066610 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: Pendergrass | Statement: [Teddy Pendergrass, familyName, Pendergrass]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pendergrass
Context triple: [Teddy Pendergrass, familyName, Pendergrass]
  • A. Yearwood
    Yearwood is the surname of American country music singer and television personality Trisha Yearwood.
  • B. Valory
    Valory is the surname of Ross Valory, the American bassist best known as a founding member of the rock band Journey.
  • C. Guthry
    Guthry is a variant spelling of the surname Guthrie, which is of Scottish origin.
  • D. Parmer
    Parmer is a surname and place name that serves as a variant spelling of Palmer.
  • E. Glennie
    Glennie is a Scottish surname most notably borne by Dame Evelyn Glennie, the renowned virtuoso percussionist.
  • 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: Pendergrass
Triple: [Teddy Pendergrass, familyName, Pendergrass]
Generated description
Pendergrass is the surname of Teddy Pendergrass, the influential American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful voice and work with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pendergrass
Target entity description: Pendergrass is the surname of Teddy Pendergrass, the influential American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful voice and work with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist.
  • A. Yearwood
    Yearwood is the surname of American country music singer and television personality Trisha Yearwood.
  • B. Valory
    Valory is the surname of Ross Valory, the American bassist best known as a founding member of the rock band Journey.
  • C. Guthry
    Guthry is a variant spelling of the surname Guthrie, which is of Scottish origin.
  • D. Parmer
    Parmer is a surname and place name that serves as a variant spelling of Palmer.
  • E. Glennie
    Glennie is a Scottish surname most notably borne by Dame Evelyn Glennie, the renowned virtuoso percussionist.
  • 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_69d81c5ced9c8190b0e9bcc6effe5959 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de05c419d481909230e8879b6dab5c completed April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c10113288190b799126d934df92a completed May 3, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c1e7efd88190ac07472647da69e7 completed May 3, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c33c2f34819084502d5f03f09ddd completed May 3, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m.