Triple

T2885071
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Billy Joel E59485 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object We Didn't Start the Fire
"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a rapid-fire, historically themed pop-rock song by Billy Joel that lists major events and figures from the mid-20th century to the late 1980s.
E308717 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: We Didn't Start the Fire | Statement: [Billy Joel, notableWork, We Didn't Start the Fire]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: We Didn't Start the Fire
Context triple: [Billy Joel, notableWork, We Didn't Start the Fire]
  • A. It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
    "It’s All Coming Back to Me Now" is a dramatic power ballad, written by Jim Steinman and popularized by Celine Dion, known for its soaring vocals and emotionally intense, cinematic style.
  • B. It's My Life
    "It's My Life" is a 2000 rock anthem by Bon Jovi that became one of the band's signature hits, known for its empowering lyrics and widespread commercial success.
  • C. Now More Than Ever
    "Now More Than Ever" was the central re-election slogan used by Richard Nixon during his 1972 U.S. presidential campaign.
  • D. I Won't Back Down
    "I Won't Back Down" is a 1989 rock song by Tom Petty that became one of his signature anthems of resilience and defiance.
  • E. Desolation Row
    "Desolation Row" is a long, surreal, and lyrically dense Bob Dylan song widely regarded as one of his greatest and most influential works.
  • 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: We Didn't Start the Fire
Triple: [Billy Joel, notableWork, We Didn't Start the Fire]
Generated description
"We Didn't Start the Fire" is a rapid-fire, historically themed pop-rock song by Billy Joel that lists major events and figures from the mid-20th century to the late 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: We Didn't Start the Fire
Target entity description: "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a rapid-fire, historically themed pop-rock song by Billy Joel that lists major events and figures from the mid-20th century to the late 1980s.
  • A. It’s All Coming Back to Me Now
    "It’s All Coming Back to Me Now" is a dramatic power ballad, written by Jim Steinman and popularized by Celine Dion, known for its soaring vocals and emotionally intense, cinematic style.
  • B. It's My Life
    "It's My Life" is a 2000 rock anthem by Bon Jovi that became one of the band's signature hits, known for its empowering lyrics and widespread commercial success.
  • C. Now More Than Ever
    "Now More Than Ever" was the central re-election slogan used by Richard Nixon during his 1972 U.S. presidential campaign.
  • D. I Won't Back Down
    "I Won't Back Down" is a 1989 rock song by Tom Petty that became one of his signature anthems of resilience and defiance.
  • E. Desolation Row
    "Desolation Row" is a long, surreal, and lyrically dense Bob Dylan song widely regarded as one of his greatest and most influential works.
  • 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_69ab4ac739188190a112f42a5a69c951 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abe04476588190b0db0880e14c79b5 completed March 7, 2026, 8:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0316c4fa481909cd5b26ec346d885 completed March 10, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b035ddda948190bb0e8a57b7314480 completed March 10, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0396854808190946bd3f8d919b6cb completed March 10, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.