Triple
T14046676
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dropbox |
E337972
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFormerMemberOfOtherBand |
P26773
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist
Lee Richards is a rock guitarist best known as an early member of the band Godsmack before going on to play with other projects such as Dropbox.
|
E1076132
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist | Statement: [Dropbox, hasFormerMemberOfOtherBand, Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist Context triple: [Dropbox, hasFormerMemberOfOtherBand, Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist]
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A.
Tony Leech
Tony Leech is a film writer and editor best known for co-writing the animated features "Hoodwinked!" and "Escape from Planet Earth."
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B.
Manfred Bennington Lee
Manfred Bennington Lee was the pen name of American mystery writer Frederic Dannay, best known as one half of the Ellery Queen duo that created the famous detective character and related works.
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C.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban-American hard rock and heavy metal bassist best known for his work with bands like Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
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D.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
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E.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
- 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: Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist Triple: [Dropbox, hasFormerMemberOfOtherBand, Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist]
Generated description
Lee Richards is a rock guitarist best known as an early member of the band Godsmack before going on to play with other projects such as Dropbox.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist Target entity description: Lee Richards is a rock guitarist best known as an early member of the band Godsmack before going on to play with other projects such as Dropbox.
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A.
Tony Leech
Tony Leech is a film writer and editor best known for co-writing the animated features "Hoodwinked!" and "Escape from Planet Earth."
-
B.
Manfred Bennington Lee
Manfred Bennington Lee was the pen name of American mystery writer Frederic Dannay, best known as one half of the Ellery Queen duo that created the famous detective character and related works.
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C.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban-American hard rock and heavy metal bassist best known for his work with bands like Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
-
D.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
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E.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasFormerMemberOfOtherBand Context triple: [Dropbox, hasFormerMemberOfOtherBand, Lee Richards – former Godsmack guitarist]
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A.
hasArtistFormerGroup
Indicates that an artist was previously a member of a particular group or band.
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B.
hasBandMember
Indicates that a musical group includes a specific individual as one of its members.
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C.
featuresFormerBandMemberOf
Indicates that the subject entity includes, highlights, or presents an individual who was previously a member of the referenced band.
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D.
previousBand
chosen
Indicates that one musical group was a band that a person or entity was a member of or involved with before their current band.
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E.
hasMotherBand
Indicates that a musical group is derived from, formed by members of, or otherwise originates from another primary band (its "mother" band).
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69d81c664e48819088cbd8f433aeffe5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de312df37081909f45ce3e219af5dc |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fbc34332448190b044f55f0f85d5e2 |
completed | May 6, 2026, 10:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fc43623d608190bee3ebd08ffa01e6 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fc43e71f708190903a63388b664ba5 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69de05ab36b48190920efb1869bdb1fe |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.