Triple

T1787560
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elton John E39424 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a 1976 pop ballad by Elton John, renowned for its melancholic melody and lyrics about the difficulty of apologizing in a failing relationship.
E199084 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: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word | Statement: [Elton John, notableWork, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Context triple: [Elton John, notableWork, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]
  • A. In Your Words
    "In Your Words" is a pop song by American singer Rebecca Black that showcases her more mature musical style following her viral debut with "Friday."
  • B. No More Words
    "No More Words" is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh reflecting on the final years and declining health of her mother, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
  • C. Only These Words
    "Only These Words" is a song featured on the album *Higher Truth* by Chris Cornell.
  • D. The Things I Say
    "The Things I Say" is a song by the indie folk-rock musician Joanna Newsom from her album "Divers."
  • E. Why Try Harder
    "Why Try Harder" is a greatest hits compilation album by British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, showcasing his most popular big beat and electronic tracks.
  • 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: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Triple: [Elton John, notableWork, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word]
Generated description
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a 1976 pop ballad by Elton John, renowned for its melancholic melody and lyrics about the difficulty of apologizing in a failing relationship.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Target entity description: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is a 1976 pop ballad by Elton John, renowned for its melancholic melody and lyrics about the difficulty of apologizing in a failing relationship.
  • A. In Your Words
    "In Your Words" is a pop song by American singer Rebecca Black that showcases her more mature musical style following her viral debut with "Friday."
  • B. No More Words
    "No More Words" is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh reflecting on the final years and declining health of her mother, aviator and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
  • C. Only These Words
    "Only These Words" is a song featured on the album *Higher Truth* by Chris Cornell.
  • D. The Things I Say
    "The Things I Say" is a song by the indie folk-rock musician Joanna Newsom from her album "Divers."
  • E. Why Try Harder
    "Why Try Harder" is a greatest hits compilation album by British DJ and producer Norman Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, showcasing his most popular big beat and electronic tracks.
  • 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_69a88631854081909723959921e45c2b completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa650fd3448190a6a2c979db982cae completed March 6, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada9a66da8819085867355c174adce completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adaab488ec81909a340aab4916b90f completed March 8, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaf3cd23081909dd27c5de8e3f6d2 completed March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:32 p.m.