Triple

T4208221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back E93832 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Hank Shocklee
Hank Shocklee is an American hip-hop producer and founding member of the Bomb Squad, best known for his groundbreaking, sample-heavy work with Public Enemy.
 E421442 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: Hank Shocklee | Statement: [It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, producer, Hank Shocklee]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hank Shocklee
Context triple: [It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, producer, Hank Shocklee]
  • A. Bob Mothersbaugh
    Bob Mothersbaugh is an American guitarist and vocalist best known as a founding member of the new wave band Devo.
  • B. Jim Mothersbaugh
    Jim Mothersbaugh is an American musician and former drummer best known for his early work with the new wave band Devo.
  • C. Sid Phillips
    Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
  • D. Todd Rundgren
    Todd Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and record producer known for his innovative work in rock and pop music as both a solo artist and producer for other major acts.
  • E. Don Maynard
    Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver best known as Joe Namath’s primary deep threat and a key offensive star for the New York Jets during the 1960s.
  • 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: Hank Shocklee
Triple: [It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, producer, Hank Shocklee]
Generated description
Hank Shocklee is an American hip-hop producer and founding member of the Bomb Squad, best known for his groundbreaking, sample-heavy work with Public Enemy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hank Shocklee
Target entity description: Hank Shocklee is an American hip-hop producer and founding member of the Bomb Squad, best known for his groundbreaking, sample-heavy work with Public Enemy.
  • A. Bob Mothersbaugh
    Bob Mothersbaugh is an American guitarist and vocalist best known as a founding member of the new wave band Devo.
  • B. Jim Mothersbaugh
    Jim Mothersbaugh is an American musician and former drummer best known for his early work with the new wave band Devo.
  • C. Sid Phillips
    Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
  • D. Todd Rundgren
    Todd Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and record producer known for his innovative work in rock and pop music as both a solo artist and producer for other major acts.
  • E. Don Maynard
    Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver best known as Joe Namath’s primary deep threat and a key offensive star for the New York Jets during the 1960s.
  • 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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3480e2aa08190a0b24df3b0e4b272 completed March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5962bb63c81909e28a958323edb82 completed March 14, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b596b7330081908c66a5a756531ffd completed March 14, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b59762105481908e3534600486b82d completed March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:03 p.m.