Triple
T20116744
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sy Oliver |
E490484
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Melvin James "Sy" Oliver |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Melvin James "Sy" Oliver | Statement: [Sy Oliver, fullName, Melvin James "Sy" Oliver]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin James "Sy" Oliver Context triple: [Sy Oliver, fullName, Melvin James "Sy" Oliver]
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A.
Spurgeon Ellington
Spurgeon Ellington was a Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Army Air Forces officer during World War II who was married to singer Maria Cole.
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B.
Horace McNally
Horace McNally was an American film and television actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his supporting roles in dramas and crime films.
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C.
Luther Henderson
Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his influential work on Broadway and in jazz, collaborating with major artists and productions throughout the mid-20th century.
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D.
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton was a renowned American jazz double bassist and photographer, celebrated for his long career, distinctive slap bass style, and extensive documentation of jazz history.
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E.
Percy Heath
Percy Heath was an American jazz double bassist best known for his long tenure with the Modern Jazz Quartet and his work as a prominent bebop and post-bop sideman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin James "Sy" Oliver Target entity description: Melvin James "Sy" Oliver was an influential American jazz arranger, trumpeter, and bandleader known for his innovative work with bands such as Jimmie Lunceford's and Tommy Dorsey's.
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A.
Spurgeon Ellington
Spurgeon Ellington was a Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Army Air Forces officer during World War II who was married to singer Maria Cole.
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B.
Horace McNally
Horace McNally was an American film and television actor active in the mid-20th century, known for his supporting roles in dramas and crime films.
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C.
Luther Henderson
Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his influential work on Broadway and in jazz, collaborating with major artists and productions throughout the mid-20th century.
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D.
Milt Hinton
Milt Hinton was a renowned American jazz double bassist and photographer, celebrated for his long career, distinctive slap bass style, and extensive documentation of jazz history.
-
E.
Percy Heath
Percy Heath was an American jazz double bassist best known for his long tenure with the Modern Jazz Quartet and his work as a prominent bebop and post-bop sideman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69da62636cc08190982cc71733a17b8d |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66739fde4819083e54f7435405bf0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:29 p.m.