Triple

T15165902
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tortoise E362339 entity
Predicate album P1995 FINISHED
Object Beacons of Ancestorship
Beacons of Ancestorship is a 2009 studio album by the Chicago post-rock band Tortoise, noted for its experimental blend of rock, jazz, and electronic influences.
E1141597 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: Beacons of Ancestorship | Statement: [Tortoise, album, Beacons of Ancestorship]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beacons of Ancestorship
Context triple: [Tortoise, album, Beacons of Ancestorship]
  • A. Ancestral Voices
    Ancestral Voices is a reflective work by Irish writer and politician Conor Cruise O'Brien that blends memoir, history, and political commentary.
  • B. Ritual of the Ancestors
    Ritual of the Ancestors is a climactic, intensely rhythmic section from Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a primal pagan ceremony leading toward human sacrifice.
  • C. Almost Ancestors
    Almost Ancestors is a book by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber that portrays the lives and cultures of Native Californian peoples, often focusing on those facing extinction or profound cultural disruption.
  • D. Ancestors
    "Ancestors" is a vocal-driven experimental track by Björk from her 2004 album Medúlla, noted for its intimate, improvisational feel and sparse, organic soundscape.
  • E. Ancestors
    Ancestors is a novel by Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove that explores postcolonial identity, memory, and the tensions between tradition and modernity in Zimbabwean society.
  • 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: Beacons of Ancestorship
Triple: [Tortoise, album, Beacons of Ancestorship]
Generated description
Beacons of Ancestorship is a 2009 studio album by the Chicago post-rock band Tortoise, noted for its experimental blend of rock, jazz, and electronic influences.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beacons of Ancestorship
Target entity description: Beacons of Ancestorship is a 2009 studio album by the Chicago post-rock band Tortoise, noted for its experimental blend of rock, jazz, and electronic influences.
  • A. Ancestral Voices
    Ancestral Voices is a reflective work by Irish writer and politician Conor Cruise O'Brien that blends memoir, history, and political commentary.
  • B. Ritual of the Ancestors
    Ritual of the Ancestors is a climactic, intensely rhythmic section from Igor Stravinsky’s ballet *The Rite of Spring*, depicting a primal pagan ceremony leading toward human sacrifice.
  • C. Almost Ancestors
    Almost Ancestors is a book by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber that portrays the lives and cultures of Native Californian peoples, often focusing on those facing extinction or profound cultural disruption.
  • D. Ancestors
    "Ancestors" is a vocal-driven experimental track by Björk from her 2004 album Medúlla, noted for its intimate, improvisational feel and sparse, organic soundscape.
  • E. Ancestors
    Ancestors is a novel by Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove that explores postcolonial identity, memory, and the tensions between tradition and modernity in Zimbabwean society.
  • 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064c6244819085daf8e1eafdf3f2 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fec887fbf08190b42dd25a99b7770d completed May 9, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec974f39c819081dcec5c18090cf7 completed May 9, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feca9d1a5c8190b0c649f83a74231b completed May 9, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.