Triple
T3874352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Late Night with David Letterman |
E92461
|
entity |
| Predicate | composer |
P1361
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paul Shaffer
Paul Shaffer is a Canadian musician, bandleader, and comedian best known for leading the house band and serving as sidekick on David Letterman’s late-night talk shows.
|
E395551
|
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: Paul Shaffer | Statement: [Late Night with David Letterman, composer, Paul Shaffer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Shaffer Context triple: [Late Night with David Letterman, composer, Paul Shaffer]
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A.
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg is an American drummer best known as the longtime bandleader for Conan O’Brien’s talk-show bands and as the powerhouse drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
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B.
Lenny Waronker
Lenny Waronker is an American record producer and music executive known for his influential work at Warner Bros. Records and collaborations with numerous acclaimed artists.
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C.
Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione is an American flugelhorn player, composer, and bandleader best known for his smooth jazz hit "Feels So Good."
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D.
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan is an American keyboardist and longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, renowned for his distinctive piano and synthesizer work on many classic rock albums.
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E.
Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino is a renowned Welsh session bassist known for his expressive fretless playing and work with artists across soul, rock, and R&B, including collaborations with the Soulquarians collective.
- 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: Paul Shaffer Triple: [Late Night with David Letterman, composer, Paul Shaffer]
Generated description
Paul Shaffer is a Canadian musician, bandleader, and comedian best known for leading the house band and serving as sidekick on David Letterman’s late-night talk shows.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Shaffer Target entity description: Paul Shaffer is a Canadian musician, bandleader, and comedian best known for leading the house band and serving as sidekick on David Letterman’s late-night talk shows.
-
A.
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg is an American drummer best known as the longtime bandleader for Conan O’Brien’s talk-show bands and as the powerhouse drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
-
B.
Lenny Waronker
Lenny Waronker is an American record producer and music executive known for his influential work at Warner Bros. Records and collaborations with numerous acclaimed artists.
-
C.
Chuck Mangione
Chuck Mangione is an American flugelhorn player, composer, and bandleader best known for his smooth jazz hit "Feels So Good."
-
D.
Roy Bittan
Roy Bittan is an American keyboardist and longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, renowned for his distinctive piano and synthesizer work on many classic rock albums.
-
E.
Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino is a renowned Welsh session bassist known for his expressive fretless playing and work with artists across soul, rock, and R&B, including collaborations with the Soulquarians collective.
- 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_69aed967448c819086c4b358d37b25aa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec59bea08190b1e193f34944a2ee |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5124cdf588190b3b83ee8fb29450a |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5132715888190bc5ba6182965e813 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b513b11dcc8190a2c2e3f27b4cf25e |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.