Triple

T1864712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Never Say Never E34893 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Shep Crawford
Shep Crawford is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for crafting hit ballads for artists like Whitney Houston, Tamia, and Deborah Cox.
E231597 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: Shep Crawford | Statement: [Never Say Never, producer, Shep Crawford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shep Crawford
Context triple: [Never Say Never, producer, Shep Crawford]
  • A. Bryan Foy
    Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
  • B. Dale Hunter
    Dale Hunter is a former Canadian NHL center known for his gritty, physical play and leadership, most notably with the Washington Capitals.
  • C. Jim Gilstrap
    Jim Gilstrap is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his session work and for singing the male lead vocal on the theme song to the television show "Good Times."
  • D. Roger Bresnahan
    Roger Bresnahan was an innovative early 20th-century Major League Baseball catcher and Hall of Famer, known for pioneering the use of protective equipment such as shin guards.
  • E. Dale Miller
    Dale Miller is a prominent logician and computer scientist known for his influential work in proof theory, logic programming, and automated reasoning.
  • 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: Shep Crawford
Triple: [Never Say Never, producer, Shep Crawford]
Generated description
Shep Crawford is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for crafting hit ballads for artists like Whitney Houston, Tamia, and Deborah Cox.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shep Crawford
Target entity description: Shep Crawford is an American R&B songwriter and record producer best known for crafting hit ballads for artists like Whitney Houston, Tamia, and Deborah Cox.
  • A. Bryan Foy
    Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
  • B. Dale Hunter
    Dale Hunter is a former Canadian NHL center known for his gritty, physical play and leadership, most notably with the Washington Capitals.
  • C. Jim Gilstrap
    Jim Gilstrap is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his session work and for singing the male lead vocal on the theme song to the television show "Good Times."
  • D. Roger Bresnahan
    Roger Bresnahan was an innovative early 20th-century Major League Baseball catcher and Hall of Famer, known for pioneering the use of protective equipment such as shin guards.
  • E. Dale Miller
    Dale Miller is a prominent logician and computer scientist known for his influential work in proof theory, logic programming, and automated reasoning.
  • 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_69a88600b2f88190bc09303e68ab517e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb0a0b4b881908b07c07db624701d completed March 7, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae26f6e1288190a69d4197ce5bd5b1 completed March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae2901eb588190863e15deb8614754 completed March 9, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae297ebf6c819086e10ee455bea988 completed March 9, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.