Triple

T1951891
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ma Rainey's Black Bottom E42176 entity
Predicate composer P1361 FINISHED
Object Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer known for his influential work in jazz and his collaborations across classical, film, and popular music.
 E222387 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: Branford Marsalis | Statement: [Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, composer, Branford Marsalis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Branford Marsalis
Context triple: [Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, composer, Branford Marsalis]
  • A. Wynton Marsalis
    Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
  • B. Terence Blanchard
    Terence Blanchard is an acclaimed American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in both contemporary jazz and film scores, including frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee.
  • C. Jason Moran
    Jason Moran is an acclaimed American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative approach to contemporary jazz and frequent collaborations across music and film.
  • D. Joshua Redman
    Joshua Redman is an acclaimed American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his virtuosic playing and innovative contributions to contemporary jazz.
  • E. Greg Osby
    Greg Osby is an American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to contemporary jazz and his influential work on the Blue Note label.
  • 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: Branford Marsalis
Triple: [Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, composer, Branford Marsalis]
Generated description
Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer known for his influential work in jazz and his collaborations across classical, film, and popular music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Branford Marsalis
Target entity description: Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer known for his influential work in jazz and his collaborations across classical, film, and popular music.
  • A. Wynton Marsalis
    Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
  • B. Terence Blanchard
    Terence Blanchard is an acclaimed American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his work in both contemporary jazz and film scores, including frequent collaborations with director Spike Lee.
  • C. Jason Moran
    Jason Moran is an acclaimed American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative approach to contemporary jazz and frequent collaborations across music and film.
  • D. Joshua Redman
    Joshua Redman is an acclaimed American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his virtuosic playing and innovative contributions to contemporary jazz.
  • E. Greg Osby
    Greg Osby is an American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative contributions to contemporary jazz and his influential work on the Blue Note label.
  • 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb34eb5748190a3ac395252951eba completed March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae031a46d481908a6e0d78bfa9c66f completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03c4faac8190a13aa0882eda3629 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae044314188190a7472cf5f8e89f6c completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.