Triple

T16038416
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black Francis E389026 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object Frank Black and the Catholics
Frank Black and the Catholics was an American rock band formed by Pixies frontman Black Francis (Frank Black), known for its raw, live-to-two-track recordings and alternative rock sound in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
E1191016 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: Frank Black and the Catholics | Statement: [Black Francis, associatedAct, Frank Black and the Catholics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Black and the Catholics
Context triple: [Black Francis, associatedAct, Frank Black and the Catholics]
  • A. The Blessed Unrest
    The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
  • B. The Holy Mess
    The Holy Mess is a punk rock band known for its gritty, melodic sound and ties to the Philadelphia punk scene.
  • C. Jesus' Son
    "Jesus' Son" is a 1999 independent drama film, based on Denis Johnson's short stories, about a young drifter's drug-fueled journey toward redemption.
  • D. Faith of My Fathers
    Faith of My Fathers is a memoir by U.S. Senator and former Navy pilot John McCain that recounts his family’s military legacy and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
  • E. Weyes Blood
    Weyes Blood is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Natalie Mering, known for her lush, cinematic baroque pop and folk-inspired music.
  • 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: Frank Black and the Catholics
Triple: [Black Francis, associatedAct, Frank Black and the Catholics]
Generated description
Frank Black and the Catholics was an American rock band formed by Pixies frontman Black Francis (Frank Black), known for its raw, live-to-two-track recordings and alternative rock sound in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Black and the Catholics
Target entity description: Frank Black and the Catholics was an American rock band formed by Pixies frontman Black Francis (Frank Black), known for its raw, live-to-two-track recordings and alternative rock sound in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • A. The Blessed Unrest
    The Blessed Unrest is a 2013 pop and singer-songwriter album by Sara Bareilles that features introspective lyrics and piano-driven melodies, including the hit single "Brave."
  • B. The Holy Mess
    The Holy Mess is a punk rock band known for its gritty, melodic sound and ties to the Philadelphia punk scene.
  • C. Jesus' Son
    "Jesus' Son" is a 1999 independent drama film, based on Denis Johnson's short stories, about a young drifter's drug-fueled journey toward redemption.
  • D. Faith of My Fathers
    Faith of My Fathers is a memoir by U.S. Senator and former Navy pilot John McCain that recounts his family’s military legacy and his experiences as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
  • E. Weyes Blood
    Weyes Blood is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Natalie Mering, known for her lush, cinematic baroque pop and folk-inspired music.
  • 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.