Triple

T14748296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sonny's Blues E346531 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Sonny
Sonny is a troubled yet gifted jazz musician in James Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues," whose struggles with addiction and family conflict drive the narrative's exploration of suffering and redemption.
E1117995 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: Sonny | Statement: [Sonny's Blues, mainCharacter, Sonny]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonny
Context triple: [Sonny's Blues, mainCharacter, Sonny]
  • A. Sonny
    Sonny is a witty, socially conscious teenager from the musical "In the Heights," known as Usnavi de la Vega’s younger cousin and bodega assistant in Washington Heights.
  • B. Sonny
    Sonny is the nickname of Sonny Siebert, a former Major League Baseball pitcher known for his successful career in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Sonny
    Sonny is an American former sports marketing executive best known for his pioneering work in basketball shoe endorsement deals, including helping launch Nike’s partnership with Michael Jordan.
  • D. Sonny
    Sonny is the nickname of Albert Francis Capone, the only son of notorious American gangster Al Capone.
  • E. Sonny
    Sonny is a character in the 2018 American drama film "Arizona," which blends dark comedy with thriller elements set against the backdrop of the 2009 housing crisis.
  • 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: Sonny
Triple: [Sonny's Blues, mainCharacter, Sonny]
Generated description
Sonny is a troubled yet gifted jazz musician in James Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues," whose struggles with addiction and family conflict drive the narrative's exploration of suffering and redemption.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sonny
Target entity description: Sonny is a troubled yet gifted jazz musician in James Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues," whose struggles with addiction and family conflict drive the narrative's exploration of suffering and redemption.
  • A. Sonny
    Sonny is a central character in the television drama series "Treme," which explores life and music in post-Katrina New Orleans.
  • B. Sonny
    Sonny is a witty, socially conscious teenager from the musical "In the Heights," known as Usnavi de la Vega’s younger cousin and bodega assistant in Washington Heights.
  • C. Sonny
    Sonny is the sentient NS-5 robot in the film "I, Robot," notable for his unique free will, emotional capacity, and pivotal role in uncovering a larger conspiracy.
  • D. Sonny
    Sonny is the hot-headed eldest son of Vito Corleone in Mario Puzo’s novel and the film adaptation "The Godfather."
  • E. Sonny
    Sonny is a character in the 2018 American drama film "Arizona," which blends dark comedy with thriller elements set against the backdrop of the 2009 housing crisis.
  • 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_69d822e6f1c88190bc494d491a907114 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec7d116e88190828b163b18d80f68 completed April 14, 2026, 11:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdfb982b5c8190a0340be2186f8b81 completed May 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdfea2b720819089110c02dbd848bd completed May 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdff1368e48190bc079645996d85d8 completed May 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:30 a.m.