Triple

T15970823
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject "Friends" (song) E387316 entity
Predicate artist P184 FINISHED
Object Whodini
Whodini was an influential 1980s hip hop group from Brooklyn known for blending rap with R&B-influenced production and crafting catchy, narrative-driven songs.
E1186651 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: Whodini | Statement: ["Friends" (song), artist, Whodini]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whodini
Context triple: ["Friends" (song), artist, Whodini]
  • A. Souls of Mischief
    Souls of Mischief is an Oakland-based hip hop group known for their intricate lyricism, jazzy production, and membership in the Hieroglyphics collective.
  • B. The Bar-Kays
    The Bar-Kays are an American soul and funk band from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for their work as a backing group for Stax Records artists and for hits like "Soul Finger."
  • C. Bell Biv DeVoe
    Bell Biv DeVoe is an American R&B/hip-hop group formed by New Edition members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe, best known for their influential 1990 hit "Poison" and their role in pioneering the new jack swing sound.
  • D. The Fat Boys
    The Fat Boys were a pioneering 1980s American hip hop trio known for their humorous style, beatboxing, and role in bringing rap music into the mainstream.
  • E. 2 Live Crew
    2 Live Crew was an American hip hop group famous for its sexually explicit lyrics, controversial legal battles over obscenity, and influential role in the Miami bass scene.
  • 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: Whodini
Triple: ["Friends" (song), artist, Whodini]
Generated description
Whodini was an influential 1980s hip hop group from Brooklyn known for blending rap with R&B-influenced production and crafting catchy, narrative-driven songs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whodini
Target entity description: Whodini was an influential 1980s hip hop group from Brooklyn known for blending rap with R&B-influenced production and crafting catchy, narrative-driven songs.
  • A. Souls of Mischief
    Souls of Mischief is an Oakland-based hip hop group known for their intricate lyricism, jazzy production, and membership in the Hieroglyphics collective.
  • B. The Bar-Kays
    The Bar-Kays are an American soul and funk band from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for their work as a backing group for Stax Records artists and for hits like "Soul Finger."
  • C. Bell Biv DeVoe
    Bell Biv DeVoe is an American R&B/hip-hop group formed by New Edition members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe, best known for their influential 1990 hit "Poison" and their role in pioneering the new jack swing sound.
  • D. The Fat Boys
    The Fat Boys were a pioneering 1980s American hip hop trio known for their humorous style, beatboxing, and role in bringing rap music into the mainstream.
  • E. 2 Live Crew
    2 Live Crew was an American hip hop group famous for its sexually explicit lyrics, controversial legal battles over obscenity, and influential role in the Miami bass scene.
  • 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_69d86da94ccc819083d187f5dc6a123e completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e157291214819088d65e984609e42c completed April 16, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffbe88fa308190942d37cf67458396 completed May 9, 2026, 11:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffbf3f40288190a59646124e06a864 completed May 9, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffbfdfe58c8190b5964b6f5812ef65 completed May 9, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.