Triple

T17158820
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MC5 E416420 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object John Sinclair
John Sinclair is an American political activist, poet, and former manager of the proto-punk band MC5, known for his involvement in the 1960s counterculture and marijuana legalization movement.
E1254783 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: John Sinclair | Statement: [MC5, associatedAct, John Sinclair]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sinclair
Context triple: [MC5, associatedAct, John Sinclair]
  • A. John Sinclair
    John Sinclair was a 19th-century Scottish entrepreneur best known for establishing the Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull.
  • B. Mark Sinclair
    Mark Sinclair is the birth name of American actor and producer Vin Diesel, best known for starring as Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious film franchise.
  • C. Mark Sinclair
    Mark Sinclair is a pseudonym used by 19th-century American author Metta Fuller Victor, known for her early contributions to detective and dime novel fiction.
  • D. Jake Sinclair
    Jake Sinclair is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work with artists such as Weezer, Panic! at the Disco, and Fall Out Boy.
  • E. Scott Sinclair
    Scott Sinclair is a video game art director best known for his work shaping the distinctive visual style of titles like BioShock Infinite.
  • 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: John Sinclair
Triple: [MC5, associatedAct, John Sinclair]
Generated description
John Sinclair is an American political activist, poet, and former manager of the proto-punk band MC5, known for his involvement in the 1960s counterculture and marijuana legalization movement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Sinclair
Target entity description: John Sinclair is an American political activist, poet, and former manager of the proto-punk band MC5, known for his involvement in the 1960s counterculture and marijuana legalization movement.
  • A. John Sinclair
    John Sinclair was a 19th-century Scottish entrepreneur best known for establishing the Tobermory Distillery on the Isle of Mull.
  • B. Mark Sinclair
    Mark Sinclair is the birth name of American actor and producer Vin Diesel, best known for starring as Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious film franchise.
  • C. Mark Sinclair
    Mark Sinclair is a pseudonym used by 19th-century American author Metta Fuller Victor, known for her early contributions to detective and dime novel fiction.
  • D. Jake Sinclair
    Jake Sinclair is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work with artists such as Weezer, Panic! at the Disco, and Fall Out Boy.
  • E. Scott Sinclair
    Scott Sinclair is a video game art director best known for his work shaping the distinctive visual style of titles like BioShock Infinite.
  • 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_69d886d279c081909f8ff1f743ddeb69 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3f40d7ef08190a587c7c56f5c8569 completed April 18, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0148376bc081908372366203a27fa8 completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014b5691a881908fdad49f7dadc76c completed May 11, 2026, 3:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014bbc921081909c39cd6d11400b56 completed May 11, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.