Triple
T22257562
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brian Joseph Burton |
E550131
|
entity |
| Predicate | collaboratedWith |
P435
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Mercer |
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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: James Mercer | Statement: [Brian Joseph Burton, collaboratedWith, James Mercer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Mercer Context triple: [Brian Joseph Burton, collaboratedWith, James Mercer]
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A.
James Mercer
James Mercer was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from Virginia who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
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B.
James Mercer (musician)
chosen
James Mercer is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the indie rock band The Shins.
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C.
Ben Gibbard
Ben Gibbard is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie and as a member of The Postal Service.
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D.
Hamilton Leithauser
Hamilton Leithauser is an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the charismatic lead vocalist of the indie rock band The Walkmen and for his subsequent solo work.
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E.
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer.
- 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_69e11e42adb8819087714772ea606709 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f138c3cf64819087e270a1f50e629e |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:39 p.m.