Triple

T14320822
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Theatre E355079 entity
Predicate hostedPerformer P2777 FINISHED
Object James Brown
James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dynamic performer widely known as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
 E42181 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: James Brown | Statement: [Howard Theatre, hostedPerformer, James Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Brown
Context triple: [Howard Theatre, hostedPerformer, James Brown]
  • A. James Brown
    James Brown is a British architect best known as a partner at the London-based practice Brown and Storey Architects.
  • B. James Brown
    James Brown is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime studio host for NFL coverage on major television networks.
  • C. James Brown
    James Brown is a songwriter credited as one of the writers of the hip-hop track "No Church in the Wild" by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
  • D. James Brown
    James Brown was an American actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including war and Western genres.
  • E. James Brown
    James Brown is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed drama "Still Alice."
  • 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: James Brown
Triple: [Howard Theatre, hostedPerformer, James Brown]
Generated description
James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dynamic performer widely known as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Brown
Target entity description: James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dynamic performer widely known as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
  • A. James Brown chosen
    James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dynamic performer widely known as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
  • B. James Brown
    James Brown is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime studio host for NFL coverage on major television networks.
  • C. James Brown
    James Brown was an American actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including war and Western genres.
  • D. James Brown
    James Brown is a songwriter credited as one of the writers of the hip-hop track "No Church in the Wild" by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
  • E. James Brown
    James Brown was an American financier and prominent 19th-century banker who played a key role in the development of international banking and merchant finance.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de883bf71c8190a9a092a025cf98f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd468c4a7c8190951adb28e1d71365 completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd478e6644819080692fbca8ec6c80 completed May 8, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd4851528c81909855c0f8484c278e completed May 8, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.