Triple

T16657681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Syl Johnson E404774 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Sylvester Thompson
Sylvester Thompson, better known as Syl Johnson, was an American soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer renowned for his gritty vocals and heavily sampled funk recordings.
E1236616 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: Sylvester Thompson | Statement: [Syl Johnson, birthName, Sylvester Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester Thompson
Context triple: [Syl Johnson, birthName, Sylvester Thompson]
  • A. Llewellyn Thompson
    Llewellyn Thompson was a prominent American diplomat and Soviet expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union during key Cold War crises, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • B. John Tennent
    John Tennent was a member of the prominent Tennent family associated with early American Presbyterianism and the Great Awakening, known particularly as a brother of influential revivalist preacher Gilbert Tennent.
  • C. Percy Kilbride
    Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
  • D. Roderick Thorp
    Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
  • E. Herbert Thompson
    Herbert Thompson is a fictional character appearing in the classic American film "Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary."
  • 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: Sylvester Thompson
Triple: [Syl Johnson, birthName, Sylvester Thompson]
Generated description
Sylvester Thompson, better known as Syl Johnson, was an American soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer renowned for his gritty vocals and heavily sampled funk recordings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester Thompson
Target entity description: Sylvester Thompson, better known as Syl Johnson, was an American soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer renowned for his gritty vocals and heavily sampled funk recordings.
  • A. Llewellyn Thompson
    Llewellyn Thompson was a prominent American diplomat and Soviet expert who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union during key Cold War crises, including the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • B. John Tennent
    John Tennent was a member of the prominent Tennent family associated with early American Presbyterianism and the Great Awakening, known particularly as a brother of influential revivalist preacher Gilbert Tennent.
  • C. Percy Kilbride
    Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
  • D. Roderick Thorp
    Roderick Thorp was an American novelist best known for writing the crime thriller "Nothing Lasts Forever," which was adapted into the blockbuster action film "Die Hard."
  • E. Herbert Thompson
    Herbert Thompson is a fictional character appearing in the classic American film "Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary."
  • 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_69d8838b5fbc81908c6575c132b82e80 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e37bfbfd7c819092c92f6c8da07dbd completed April 18, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00bb029fa081909c3e52d09637541a completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00bbf6dd488190ad624bb6c35ac086 completed May 10, 2026, 5:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00bc633abc8190a86808986ba294ec completed May 10, 2026, 5:12 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:18 a.m.