Triple

T16099761
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Day the Music Died E390583 entity
Predicate relatedWork P37 FINISHED
Object song "American Pie" by Don McLean
"American Pie" is Don McLean’s iconic 1971 folk-rock ballad that nostalgically reflects on the evolution and loss of innocence in American rock and roll culture.
E1193754 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: song "American Pie" by Don McLean | Statement: [The Day the Music Died, relatedWork, song "American Pie" by Don McLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: song "American Pie" by Don McLean
Context triple: [The Day the Music Died, relatedWork, song "American Pie" by Don McLean]
  • A. song "MacArthur Park"
    "MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
  • B. song "Tumbling Dice" by The Rolling Stones
    "Tumbling Dice" is a 1972 rock song by The Rolling Stones, known for its laid-back groove, gospel-tinged backing vocals, and prominent place on their acclaimed album Exile on Main St.
  • C. song "Carmelita" by Warren Zevon
    "Carmelita" is a melancholic country-rock song by Warren Zevon that tells the story of a heroin addict in Los Angeles and has become one of his most enduring cult favorites.
  • D. "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
    "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan is a landmark 1965 rock song widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential recordings in popular music history.
  • E. “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger
    “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger is a classic 1978 rock song celebrated for its nostalgic lyrics and iconic piano-driven riff, widely recognized as one of Seger’s signature hits.
  • 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: song "American Pie" by Don McLean
Triple: [The Day the Music Died, relatedWork, song "American Pie" by Don McLean]
Generated description
"American Pie" is Don McLean’s iconic 1971 folk-rock ballad that nostalgically reflects on the evolution and loss of innocence in American rock and roll culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: song "American Pie" by Don McLean
Target entity description: "American Pie" is Don McLean’s iconic 1971 folk-rock ballad that nostalgically reflects on the evolution and loss of innocence in American rock and roll culture.
  • A. song "MacArthur Park"
    "MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.
  • B. song "Tumbling Dice" by The Rolling Stones
    "Tumbling Dice" is a 1972 rock song by The Rolling Stones, known for its laid-back groove, gospel-tinged backing vocals, and prominent place on their acclaimed album Exile on Main St.
  • C. song "Carmelita" by Warren Zevon
    "Carmelita" is a melancholic country-rock song by Warren Zevon that tells the story of a heroin addict in Los Angeles and has become one of his most enduring cult favorites.
  • D. "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan
    "Like a Rolling Stone" by Bob Dylan is a landmark 1965 rock song widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential recordings in popular music history.
  • E. “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger
    “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger is a classic 1978 rock song celebrated for its nostalgic lyrics and iconic piano-driven riff, widely recognized as one of Seger’s signature hits.
  • 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_69d87f198bc48190a8b7e53ca15b7ead completed April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1ff6756948190a7f5ecb375e59701 completed April 17, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffeb9d6140819087f9b3dc549c4aec completed May 10, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffec273abc8190b050c50a395488ba completed May 10, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffecbd817881909cd8e8c69be1726f completed May 10, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.