Triple

T15951368
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Percy Sledge E386825 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object The Esquires Combo
The Esquires Combo was a backing band closely linked to American soul singer Percy Sledge, contributing to the Southern soul sound of the 1960s.
E1186834 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: The Esquires Combo | Statement: [Percy Sledge, associatedAct, The Esquires Combo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Esquires Combo
Context triple: [Percy Sledge, associatedAct, The Esquires Combo]
  • A. Aristocrat of Bands
    Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
  • B. The Mad Lads
    The Mad Lads were a 1960s American soul and R&B vocal group known for their smooth harmonies and recordings on the Stax/Volt label.
  • C. Man-Size Sextet
    Man-Size Sextet is an alternate, expanded arrangement of PJ Harvey’s song “Man-Size,” featuring a sextet instrumentation and released as part of the Rid of Me era recordings.
  • D. The Sissies
    The Sissies were a Bloomington, Indiana-based pop-punk band active in the late 1990s and early 2000s, known for their melodic, politically aware songs and ties to the DIY punk scene.
  • E. The Hot Band
    The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
  • 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: The Esquires Combo
Triple: [Percy Sledge, associatedAct, The Esquires Combo]
Generated description
The Esquires Combo was a backing band closely linked to American soul singer Percy Sledge, contributing to the Southern soul sound of the 1960s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Esquires Combo
Target entity description: The Esquires Combo was a backing band closely linked to American soul singer Percy Sledge, contributing to the Southern soul sound of the 1960s.
  • A. Aristocrat of Bands
    Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
  • B. The Mad Lads
    The Mad Lads were a 1960s American soul and R&B vocal group known for their smooth harmonies and recordings on the Stax/Volt label.
  • C. Man-Size Sextet
    Man-Size Sextet is an alternate, expanded arrangement of PJ Harvey’s song “Man-Size,” featuring a sextet instrumentation and released as part of the Rid of Me era recordings.
  • D. The Sissies
    The Sissies were a Bloomington, Indiana-based pop-punk band active in the late 1990s and early 2000s, known for their melodic, politically aware songs and ties to the DIY punk scene.
  • E. The Hot Band
    The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
  • 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_69d86da882448190a82ea962fe343b79 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e156d59f5081909f6a81d578c4e2e8 completed April 16, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffbe78a76481909622d7a2443cba4d completed May 9, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffbf7f96508190a0d9ea3622e1be06 completed May 9, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffc00c59f881909c42320f5dcc777b completed May 9, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:53 a.m.