Triple

T16038389
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Francis E389026 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Charles Thompson
Charles Thompson, better known by his stage name Black Francis, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
E1191015 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: Charles Thompson | Statement: [Black Francis, alsoKnownAs, Charles Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Thompson
Context triple: [Black Francis, alsoKnownAs, Charles Thompson]
  • A. Charles Thompson
    Charles Thompson is known primarily as the father of the English poet and mystic Francis Thompson.
  • B. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
  • D. James Myers Thompson
    James Myers Thompson was an American crime novelist renowned for his hardboiled, psychologically dark pulp fiction, including works like "The Killer Inside Me" and "The Grifters."
  • E. William J. Thompson
    William J. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Harleigh Cemetery, recognized enough in life or public memory to be listed among its distinguished burials.
  • 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: Charles Thompson
Triple: [Black Francis, alsoKnownAs, Charles Thompson]
Generated description
Charles Thompson, better known by his stage name Black Francis, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Thompson
Target entity description: Charles Thompson, better known by his stage name Black Francis, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
  • A. Charles Thompson
    Charles Thompson is known primarily as the father of the English poet and mystic Francis Thompson.
  • B. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an individual whose specific public role or notability cannot be determined from the given information alone.
  • D. James Myers Thompson
    James Myers Thompson was an American crime novelist renowned for his hardboiled, psychologically dark pulp fiction, including works like "The Killer Inside Me" and "The Grifters."
  • E. William J. Thompson
    William J. Thompson was a notable individual interred at Harleigh Cemetery, recognized enough in life or public memory to be listed among its distinguished burials.
  • 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1833eb90c8190b10dca3ce0793ddf completed April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffdbd5acb48190a10e40074fffd425 completed May 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffdd527cfc8190a616a2334edffd02 completed May 10, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffdda1a0908190b7c880c5d66f7400 completed May 10, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.