Triple

T14553641
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Switchfoot E341481 entity
Predicate hasMemberRole P161 FINISHED
Object Chad Butler – drums, percussion
Chad Butler is an American drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Switchfoot.
E1106292 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: Chad Butler – drums, percussion | Statement: [Switchfoot, hasMemberRole, Chad Butler – drums, percussion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chad Butler – drums, percussion
Context triple: [Switchfoot, hasMemberRole, Chad Butler – drums, percussion]
  • A. Chris Layton – drums
    Chris Layton is an American drummer best known as the longtime percussionist for Stevie Ray Vaughan’s blues-rock band Double Trouble.
  • B. Bryan Devendorf – drums, percussion
    Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer and percussionist best known as the rhythmic backbone of the indie rock band The National.
  • C. Brandon Pertzborn – drums
    Brandon Pertzborn is an American rock drummer known for performing and recording with the punk rock band The Offspring.
  • D. Chris Herold – drums
    Chris Herold is the drummer for the band Kingfish, contributing percussion and rhythmic backing to their performances and recordings.
  • E. Eric Fawcett – drums
    Eric Fawcett is a drummer best known for his work with the American pop/rock band Spymob.
  • 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: Chad Butler – drums, percussion
Triple: [Switchfoot, hasMemberRole, Chad Butler – drums, percussion]
Generated description
Chad Butler is an American drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Switchfoot.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chad Butler – drums, percussion
Target entity description: Chad Butler is an American drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Switchfoot.
  • A. Chris Layton – drums
    Chris Layton is an American drummer best known as the longtime percussionist for Stevie Ray Vaughan’s blues-rock band Double Trouble.
  • B. Bryan Devendorf – drums, percussion
    Bryan Devendorf is an American drummer and percussionist best known as the rhythmic backbone of the indie rock band The National.
  • C. Brandon Pertzborn – drums
    Brandon Pertzborn is an American rock drummer known for performing and recording with the punk rock band The Offspring.
  • D. Chris Herold – drums
    Chris Herold is the drummer for the band Kingfish, contributing percussion and rhythmic backing to their performances and recordings.
  • E. Eric Fawcett – drums
    Eric Fawcett is a drummer best known for his work with the American pop/rock band Spymob.
  • 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_69d822db9c8481908213ceb39585f792 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb2f00cec8190a7b6482d18b9a216 completed April 14, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd8ab9a5ac81908779a3c8701353fa completed May 8, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd8be7d8988190807d4db477b91de0 completed May 8, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd8d4f2e848190a3c4c423c0ffed50 completed May 8, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 a.m.