Triple

T14611682
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brian McKnight (album) E342975 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Robert Brookins
Robert Brookins was an American R&B musician, singer, songwriter, and producer known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s with various soul and R&B artists.
E1115984 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: Robert Brookins | Statement: [Brian McKnight (album), producer, Robert Brookins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Brookins
Context triple: [Brian McKnight (album), producer, Robert Brookins]
  • A. Erskine Hawkins
    Erskine Hawkins was an American trumpeter and big band leader best known for his swing-era hit "Tuxedo Junction."
  • B. Melvin Walker
    Melvin Walker was a son of pioneering African American businesswoman and banker Maggie L. Walker.
  • C. Marcellus E. Foster
    Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
  • D. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • E. Ernest Chambers
    Ernest Chambers is a longtime Nebraska state senator and civil rights activist known for his outspoken advocacy on social justice, police reform, and the rights of marginalized communities.
  • 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: Robert Brookins
Triple: [Brian McKnight (album), producer, Robert Brookins]
Generated description
Robert Brookins was an American R&B musician, singer, songwriter, and producer known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s with various soul and R&B artists.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Brookins
Target entity description: Robert Brookins was an American R&B musician, singer, songwriter, and producer known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s with various soul and R&B artists.
  • A. Erskine Hawkins
    Erskine Hawkins was an American trumpeter and big band leader best known for his swing-era hit "Tuxedo Junction."
  • B. Melvin Walker
    Melvin Walker was a son of pioneering African American businesswoman and banker Maggie L. Walker.
  • C. Marcellus E. Foster
    Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
  • D. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • E. Ernest Chambers
    Ernest Chambers is a longtime Nebraska state senator and civil rights activist known for his outspoken advocacy on social justice, police reform, and the rights of marginalized communities.
  • 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_69d822dec68081908c2553145c4051dc completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb450e6588190a94488d8e71888c8 completed April 14, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdf0763ca081909fa8bcbdc46f2fac completed May 8, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdf376f8a08190b28804213316459f completed May 8, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdf42f57fc81908f7b44f9795bc28a completed May 8, 2026, 2:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:25 a.m.