Triple
T21219935
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations |
E522937
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCastCharacter |
P143249
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FINISHED |
| Object | Melvin Franklin |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Franklin | Statement: [Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, hasCastCharacter, Melvin Franklin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvin Franklin Context triple: [Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, hasCastCharacter, Melvin Franklin]
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A.
Melvin Franklin
chosen
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
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B.
Melvin Walker
Melvin Walker was a son of pioneering African American businesswoman and banker Maggie L. Walker.
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C.
Melvin King
Melvin King was the husband of American actress and singer Mabel King, known for her roles in "What's Happening!!" and "The Wiz."
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D.
Melvin Barcliff
Melvin Barcliff, better known by his stage name Magoo, was an American rapper recognized for his collaborations with Timbaland and contributions to late-1990s and early-2000s hip hop.
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E.
Marvin Broome
Marvin Broome is the husband of American politician Sharon Weston Broome, the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b511ed84819099b449b4a111085c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e73476d93481909c6c99dcc0b16123 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:43 p.m.