Triple

T14068393
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy Boy Records E338536 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Tom Silverman
Tom Silverman is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the influential hip-hop and dance label Tommy Boy Records.
E1077372 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: Tom Silverman | Statement: [Tommy Boy Records, foundedBy, Tom Silverman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Silverman
Context triple: [Tommy Boy Records, foundedBy, Tom Silverman]
  • A. Jonathan Silverman
    Jonathan Silverman is an American actor best known for his comedic roles in films like "Weekend at Bernie’s" and various television series.
  • B. Alan Silverman
    Alan Silverman is the introspective Brooklyn boy protagonist of the novel "Alan & Naomi," who struggles to understand and befriend a traumatized refugee girl during World War II.
  • C. Jay Sugarman
    Jay Sugarman is an American businessman and real estate investor best known as the owner and chairman of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union.
  • D. Rich Silverstein
    Rich Silverstein is an influential American advertising executive and co-founder of the agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, known for iconic campaigns such as “Got Milk?”.
  • E. Joe Silverman
    Joe Silverman is a minor studio executive character in the Coen brothers’ film "Hail, Caesar!", appearing in the movie’s satirical depiction of 1950s Hollywood.
  • 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: Tom Silverman
Triple: [Tommy Boy Records, foundedBy, Tom Silverman]
Generated description
Tom Silverman is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the influential hip-hop and dance label Tommy Boy Records.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Silverman
Target entity description: Tom Silverman is an American music executive and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the influential hip-hop and dance label Tommy Boy Records.
  • A. Jonathan Silverman
    Jonathan Silverman is an American actor best known for his comedic roles in films like "Weekend at Bernie’s" and various television series.
  • B. Alan Silverman
    Alan Silverman is the introspective Brooklyn boy protagonist of the novel "Alan & Naomi," who struggles to understand and befriend a traumatized refugee girl during World War II.
  • C. Jay Sugarman
    Jay Sugarman is an American businessman and real estate investor best known as the owner and chairman of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union.
  • D. Rich Silverstein
    Rich Silverstein is an influential American advertising executive and co-founder of the agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, known for iconic campaigns such as “Got Milk?”.
  • E. Joe Silverman
    Joe Silverman is a minor studio executive character in the Coen brothers’ film "Hail, Caesar!", appearing in the movie’s satirical depiction of 1950s Hollywood.
  • 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de568d0404819087e0fe37c72162cb completed April 14, 2026, 3 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcb66aeff8819088239226bbe25fd5 completed May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcc17d16008190bfec11ba0c229aae completed May 7, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcc1fe9bb0819098aa2655330569cb completed May 7, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.