Triple

T3676999
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Drifters E78016 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
E378344 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: Clyde McPhatter | Statement: [The Drifters, associatedAct, Clyde McPhatter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clyde McPhatter
Context triple: [The Drifters, associatedAct, Clyde McPhatter]
  • A. Jackie Wilson
    Jackie Wilson was an American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful vocals and dynamic stage performances that helped shape the foundations of modern pop and soul music.
  • B. Lowell Fulson
    Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
  • C. Billy Eckstine
    Billy Eckstine was an influential American jazz and pop singer and bandleader known for his rich baritone voice and pioneering role in the development of modern jazz.
  • D. Freddy Cole
    Freddy Cole was an American jazz singer and pianist known for his smooth vocal style and for carrying forward the musical legacy of the Cole family.
  • E. Louis Jordan
    Louis Jordan was an influential American saxophonist, bandleader, and singer known as a pioneer of jump blues and a key figure in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.
  • 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: Clyde McPhatter
Triple: [The Drifters, associatedAct, Clyde McPhatter]
Generated description
Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clyde McPhatter
Target entity description: Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
  • A. Jackie Wilson
    Jackie Wilson was an American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful vocals and dynamic stage performances that helped shape the foundations of modern pop and soul music.
  • B. Lowell Fulson
    Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
  • C. Billy Eckstine
    Billy Eckstine was an influential American jazz and pop singer and bandleader known for his rich baritone voice and pioneering role in the development of modern jazz.
  • D. Freddy Cole
    Freddy Cole was an American jazz singer and pianist known for his smooth vocal style and for carrying forward the musical legacy of the Cole family.
  • E. Louis Jordan
    Louis Jordan was an influential American saxophonist, bandleader, and singer known as a pioneer of jump blues and a key figure in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.
  • 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_69ad85e18c1c8190be8aafb227f39f48 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4643cf08190b2d10ddf4aac7407 completed March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b48859949081908fd8291bf6a3372b completed March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b48aede85481909f4fc17c3968f285 completed March 13, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4b95fae2c819091d8cc1d86eb091d completed March 14, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.