Triple

T14675661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wonderful Life E344637 entity
Predicate vocalist P2000 FINISHED
Object Colin Vearncombe
Colin Vearncombe, better known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter renowned for his soulful voice and the 1987 hit single "Wonderful Life."
E1158746 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: Colin Vearncombe | Statement: [Wonderful Life, vocalist, Colin Vearncombe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Vearncombe
Context triple: [Wonderful Life, vocalist, Colin Vearncombe]
  • A. Colin Goudie
    Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
  • B. Nigel Ball
    Nigel Ball is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Ball, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • C. Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
  • D. Colin Moulding
    Colin Moulding is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the new wave band XTC.
  • E. Colin Hanton
    Colin Hanton is an English drummer best known for playing with The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
  • 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: Colin Vearncombe
Triple: [Wonderful Life, vocalist, Colin Vearncombe]
Generated description
Colin Vearncombe, better known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter renowned for his soulful voice and the 1987 hit single "Wonderful Life."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colin Vearncombe
Target entity description: Colin Vearncombe, better known by his stage name Black, was an English singer-songwriter renowned for his soulful voice and the 1987 hit single "Wonderful Life."
  • A. Colin Goudie
    Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
  • B. Nigel Ball
    Nigel Ball is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Ball, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • C. Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
  • D. Colin Moulding
    Colin Moulding is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the new wave band XTC.
  • E. Colin Hanton
    Colin Hanton is an English drummer best known for playing with The Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into The Beatles.
  • 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_69d822e283fc8190a0e4c235cf880052 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb5666e648190b5faa07076f497b8 completed April 14, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff2ce36ce08190930e791e2837d1a5 completed May 9, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2d8849048190b8bd558feceb21cb completed May 9, 2026, 12:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff2eebae6481908cba15bff63e641d completed May 9, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:27 a.m.