Triple
T16877020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Starlight Express |
E421324
|
entity |
| Predicate | centralCharacter |
P9202
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Greaseball
Greaseball is the swaggering, villainous diesel engine and champion racer in the musical *Starlight Express*.
|
E1237924
|
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: Greaseball | Statement: [Starlight Express, centralCharacter, Greaseball]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greaseball Context triple: [Starlight Express, centralCharacter, Greaseball]
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A.
Whiteyball
Whiteyball was the speed-, defense-, and pitching-focused style of play popularized by manager Whitey Herzog’s St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980s, emphasizing small ball over power hitting.
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B.
Blackball
Blackball is a track from DJ Khaled’s 2013 hip-hop album "Suffering from Success."
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C.
The Ball
"The Ball" is a short story by renowned Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, reflecting his characteristic blend of psychological insight and modernist narrative style.
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D.
The Ball
The Ball is the central object used in football (soccer), whose movement and status determine when play is active or stopped according to the Laws of the Game.
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E.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
- 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: Greaseball Triple: [Starlight Express, centralCharacter, Greaseball]
Generated description
Greaseball is the swaggering, villainous diesel engine and champion racer in the musical *Starlight Express*.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greaseball Target entity description: Greaseball is the swaggering, villainous diesel engine and champion racer in the musical *Starlight Express*.
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A.
Whiteyball
Whiteyball was the speed-, defense-, and pitching-focused style of play popularized by manager Whitey Herzog’s St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980s, emphasizing small ball over power hitting.
-
B.
Blackball
Blackball is a track from DJ Khaled’s 2013 hip-hop album "Suffering from Success."
-
C.
The Ball
"The Ball" is a short story by renowned Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, reflecting his characteristic blend of psychological insight and modernist narrative style.
-
D.
The Ball
The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
-
E.
The Ball
The Ball is the central object used in football (soccer), whose movement and status determine when play is active or stopped according to the Laws of the Game.
- 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_69d889d470fc8190b4aec199636c0c56 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3b7f704a081909921d00b3c470472 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00c2b4abd08190841c5bb0b0eaa177 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00c355f4108190a4209599bf5f50da |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00c413314881909e308588af09ce2a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:29 a.m.