Triple

T2755318
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Four Tops E61085 entity
Predicate notableSongwriterCollaborator P8554 FINISHED
Object Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier was an American songwriter and producer best known as one-third of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, which crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
E300514 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: Lamont Dozier | Statement: [The Four Tops, notableSongwriterCollaborator, Lamont Dozier]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lamont Dozier
Context triple: [The Four Tops, notableSongwriterCollaborator, Lamont Dozier]
  • A. Nickolas Ashford
    Nickolas Ashford was an American songwriter, producer, and performer best known as half of the Motown hit-making duo Ashford & Simpson.
  • B. Kenneth Gamble
    Kenneth Gamble is an American songwriter and producer best known as a pioneer of the Philadelphia soul sound and co-founder of the legendary songwriting and production team Gamble and Huff.
  • C. Norman Whitfield
    Norman Whitfield was an influential American songwriter and producer best known for shaping the Motown sound with his psychedelic soul productions for artists like The Temptations.
  • D. Bernard Edwards
    Bernard Edwards was an influential American bassist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a co-founder of the disco band Chic and for crafting numerous funk and R&B hits.
  • E. Marc Davis
    Marc Davis was a legendary Disney animator and one of Walt Disney’s original “Nine Old Men,” renowned for designing iconic characters and attractions for Disneyland.
  • 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: Lamont Dozier
Triple: [The Four Tops, notableSongwriterCollaborator, Lamont Dozier]
Generated description
Lamont Dozier was an American songwriter and producer best known as one-third of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, which crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lamont Dozier
Target entity description: Lamont Dozier was an American songwriter and producer best known as one-third of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, which crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
  • A. Nickolas Ashford
    Nickolas Ashford was an American songwriter, producer, and performer best known as half of the Motown hit-making duo Ashford & Simpson.
  • B. Kenneth Gamble
    Kenneth Gamble is an American songwriter and producer best known as a pioneer of the Philadelphia soul sound and co-founder of the legendary songwriting and production team Gamble and Huff.
  • C. Norman Whitfield
    Norman Whitfield was an influential American songwriter and producer best known for shaping the Motown sound with his psychedelic soul productions for artists like The Temptations.
  • D. Bernard Edwards
    Bernard Edwards was an influential American bassist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a co-founder of the disco band Chic and for crafting numerous funk and R&B hits.
  • E. Marc Davis
    Marc Davis was a legendary Disney animator and one of Walt Disney’s original “Nine Old Men,” renowned for designing iconic characters and attractions for Disneyland.
  • 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_69ab4b7a85bc819094a349b84beb1f2c completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd2121548190b96f174e6f61f9b5 completed March 7, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc6439b348190be7529256d9d0531 completed March 10, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afca088ba48190a9feee0fdc7c5d94 completed March 10, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcac03ff48190821c396bfe827f98 completed March 10, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.