Triple

T15970836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject "Friends" (song) E387316 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Lawrence Smith
Lawrence Smith is a songwriter best known for co-writing the track "Friends."
 E1188322 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: Lawrence Smith | Statement: ["Friends" (song), writer, Lawrence Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lawrence Smith
Context triple: ["Friends" (song), writer, Lawrence Smith]
  • A. Lawrence Smith
    Lawrence Smith is one of the children of bestselling adventure novelist Wilbur Smith.
  • B. Lawrence Anderson
    Lawrence Anderson is the full name of Bud Anderson, the teenage son and middle child in the classic American television sitcom "Father Knows Best."
  • C. Lawrence Jordan
    Lawrence Jordan is a film editor known for his work on various feature films, including mainstream action and family movies.
  • D. Lawrence Graham
    Lawrence "Larry" Graham is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as a pioneer of the slap bass technique and as a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
  • E. Lawrence Graham
    Lawrence Graham is the father of American actress and author Lauren Graham.
  • 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: Lawrence Smith
Triple: ["Friends" (song), writer, Lawrence Smith]
Generated description
Lawrence Smith is a songwriter best known for co-writing the track "Friends."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Lawrence Smith
Target entity description: Lawrence Smith is a songwriter best known for co-writing the track "Friends."
  • A. Lawrence Smith
    Lawrence Smith is one of the children of bestselling adventure novelist Wilbur Smith.
  • B. Lawrence Anderson
    Lawrence Anderson is the full name of Bud Anderson, the teenage son and middle child in the classic American television sitcom "Father Knows Best."
  • C. Lawrence Jordan
    Lawrence Jordan is a film editor known for his work on various feature films, including mainstream action and family movies.
  • D. Lawrence Graham
    Lawrence "Larry" Graham is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as a pioneer of the slap bass technique and as a member of Sly and the Family Stone.
  • E. Lawrence Graham
    Lawrence Graham is the father of American actress and author Lauren Graham.
  • 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_69ffc3c5a7d48190891e69314e67e9af completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffc52215e88190a3e2916969c73c3e completed May 9, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffc5902904819097a2c5efbde55882 completed May 9, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.