Triple

T2589868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Les Paul E58094 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Lester William Polsfuss
Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, inventor, and pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar whose innovations profoundly shaped modern music.
E303025 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: Lester William Polsfuss | Statement: [Les Paul, birthName, Lester William Polsfuss]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester William Polsfuss
Context triple: [Les Paul, birthName, Lester William Polsfuss]
  • A. Lester Germer
    Lester Germer was an American physicist best known for the Davisson–Germer experiment, which provided key evidence for the wave nature of electrons and helped confirm quantum mechanics.
  • B. Robert Lusser
    Robert Lusser was a German aeronautical engineer best known for his key role in designing several important World War II aircraft, including contributions to the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
  • C. Charles Rettig
    Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
  • D. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • E. Walter Naegle
    Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
  • 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: Lester William Polsfuss
Triple: [Les Paul, birthName, Lester William Polsfuss]
Generated description
Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, inventor, and pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar whose innovations profoundly shaped modern music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester William Polsfuss
Target entity description: Lester William Polsfuss, better known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, inventor, and pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar whose innovations profoundly shaped modern music.
  • A. Lester Germer
    Lester Germer was an American physicist best known for the Davisson–Germer experiment, which provided key evidence for the wave nature of electrons and helped confirm quantum mechanics.
  • B. Robert Lusser
    Robert Lusser was a German aeronautical engineer best known for his key role in designing several important World War II aircraft, including contributions to the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
  • C. Charles Rettig
    Charles Rettig is an American tax attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2018 to 2022.
  • D. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • E. Walter Naegle
    Walter Naegle is an American activist and archivist best known as the longtime partner and estate executor of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
  • 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_69ab4ac019c8819094add11c46706e32 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd3feb45c81909369a49c3990294a completed March 7, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afe88781ec8190a13784501208c5a5 completed March 10, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afebdb8ec8819099878d0a61857efb completed March 10, 2026, 10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0039dd22881909a90070a3d490df1 completed March 10, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.