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]
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A.
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins was an American trumpeter and big band leader best known for his swing-era hit "Tuxedo Junction."
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B.
Melvin Walker
Melvin Walker was a son of pioneering African American businesswoman and banker Maggie L. Walker.
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C.
Marcellus E. Foster
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
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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.
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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.