Triple

T17186984
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Red Sparowes E417134 entity
Predicate hasFormerMember P1168 FINISHED
Object Brendan Tobin
Brendan Tobin is a guitarist best known for his work in heavy and experimental rock bands, including his former role in the instrumental post-rock group Red Sparowes.
E1258506 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: Brendan Tobin | Statement: [Red Sparowes, hasFormerMember, Brendan Tobin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brendan Tobin
Context triple: [Red Sparowes, hasFormerMember, Brendan Tobin]
  • A. Josh Tobin
    Josh Tobin is a machine learning researcher known for his work on deep reinforcement learning, including co-developing the Hindsight Experience Replay technique.
  • B. Matthew Tobin
    Matthew Tobin is an actor known for his role in the film "Real Life."
  • C. Brendan Reed
    Brendan Reed is a Canadian musician and artist best known for his early work as a drummer and vocalist with the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
  • D. Brendan Fowler
    Brendan Fowler is an American artist and musician known for his experimental work in performance, visual art, and indie music.
  • E. Brendan Dorff
    Brendan Dorff is a main character on the sitcom "My Boys," known as one of P.J. Franklin’s close male friends in her Chicago social circle.
  • 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: Brendan Tobin
Triple: [Red Sparowes, hasFormerMember, Brendan Tobin]
Generated description
Brendan Tobin is a guitarist best known for his work in heavy and experimental rock bands, including his former role in the instrumental post-rock group Red Sparowes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brendan Tobin
Target entity description: Brendan Tobin is a guitarist best known for his work in heavy and experimental rock bands, including his former role in the instrumental post-rock group Red Sparowes.
  • A. Josh Tobin
    Josh Tobin is a machine learning researcher known for his work on deep reinforcement learning, including co-developing the Hindsight Experience Replay technique.
  • B. Matthew Tobin
    Matthew Tobin is an actor known for his role in the film "Real Life."
  • C. Brendan Reed
    Brendan Reed is a Canadian musician and artist best known for his early work as a drummer and vocalist with the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
  • D. Brendan Fowler
    Brendan Fowler is an American artist and musician known for his experimental work in performance, visual art, and indie music.
  • E. Brendan Dorff
    Brendan Dorff is a main character on the sitcom "My Boys," known as one of P.J. Franklin’s close male friends in her Chicago social circle.
  • 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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42d96fc588190ad2177d8bb346373 completed April 19, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0170e784bc8190a052c4fe87be124a completed May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0172dbd70c819081b76e4887ccb6ff completed May 11, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0173557bd48190b2061be60e57c0e7 completed May 11, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.