Triple

T16952168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael McDermott (singer-songwriter) E411208 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object The Westies (band)
The Westies is an American roots-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michael McDermott, known for its gritty storytelling and Americana-influenced sound.
E1243343 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: The Westies (band) | Statement: [Michael McDermott (singer-songwriter), hasPart, The Westies (band)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Westies (band)
Context triple: [Michael McDermott (singer-songwriter), hasPart, The Westies (band)]
  • A. Bowery Boys
    The Bowery Boys were a notorious 19th-century New York City nativist street gang and volunteer fire company known for their violent clashes with rival Irish immigrant gangs.
  • B. The Smeezingtons
    The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
  • C. The Sheepdogs
    The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band known for their retro, guitar-driven sound and for being the first unsigned act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
  • D. Swingin' Utters
    Swingin' Utters is an American punk rock band known for blending street punk with folk and rock influences, and for its members’ involvement in various notable punk side projects.
  • E. The Wipeouters
    The Wipeouters is a surf-rock side project featuring members of the new wave band Devo, known for its retro instrumental style and playful aesthetic.
  • 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: The Westies (band)
Triple: [Michael McDermott (singer-songwriter), hasPart, The Westies (band)]
Generated description
The Westies is an American roots-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michael McDermott, known for its gritty storytelling and Americana-influenced sound.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Westies (band)
Target entity description: The Westies is an American roots-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michael McDermott, known for its gritty storytelling and Americana-influenced sound.
  • A. Bowery Boys
    The Bowery Boys were a notorious 19th-century New York City nativist street gang and volunteer fire company known for their violent clashes with rival Irish immigrant gangs.
  • B. The Smeezingtons
    The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
  • C. The Sheepdogs
    The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band known for their retro, guitar-driven sound and for being the first unsigned act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
  • D. Swingin' Utters
    Swingin' Utters is an American punk rock band known for blending street punk with folk and rock influences, and for its members’ involvement in various notable punk side projects.
  • E. The Wipeouters
    The Wipeouters is a surf-rock side project featuring members of the new wave band Devo, known for its retro instrumental style and playful aesthetic.
  • 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_69d886c9c9d481909afe222093641cae completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d0197f308190af7185fc9cc7a6e9 completed April 18, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00d46213b08190b33b48d12bc795d1 completed May 10, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d5503be88190ac15a327ff3782ec completed May 10, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d66e450c8190ae0befd3d7875ed8 completed May 10, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.