Triple

T1408813
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maude E31756 entity
Predicate openingThemePerformer P21830 FINISHED
Object Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
E161507 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: Donny Hathaway | Statement: [Maude, openingThemePerformer, Donny Hathaway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donny Hathaway
Context triple: [Maude, openingThemePerformer, Donny Hathaway]
  • A. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.
  • B. Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes was an influential American soul musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, best known for his innovative work at Stax Records and his Academy Award–winning "Theme from Shaft."
  • C. Bobby Caldwell
    Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
  • D. Al Green
    Al Green is an American soul and R&B singer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic hits like "Let's Stay Together," which made him a defining figure of 1970s soul music.
  • E. Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.
  • 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: Donny Hathaway
Triple: [Maude, openingThemePerformer, Donny Hathaway]
Generated description
Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donny Hathaway
Target entity description: Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
  • A. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.
  • B. Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes was an influential American soul musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, best known for his innovative work at Stax Records and his Academy Award–winning "Theme from Shaft."
  • C. Bobby Caldwell
    Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
  • D. Al Green
    Al Green is an American soul and R&B singer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic hits like "Let's Stay Together," which made him a defining figure of 1970s soul music.
  • E. Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3c10f44819085e1c4601423740d completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ace578fe4c8190a4d4ced933fac0b6 completed March 8, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ace61c6f348190bba7717b1bd7f24a completed March 8, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ace6eeb99081908ac23a6c71faeae6 completed March 8, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.