Triple

T4363229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Bowie E98709 entity
Predicate alterEgo P39 FINISHED
Object The Thin White Duke
The Thin White Duke is a theatrical, emotionally detached persona created and performed by David Bowie during his mid-1970s period, often associated with a stark, stylish appearance and darker thematic material.
E67874 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: The Thin White Duke | Statement: [David Bowie, alterEgo, The Thin White Duke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Thin White Duke
Context triple: [David Bowie, alterEgo, The Thin White Duke]
  • A. Black Magpie
    Black Magpie is the English meaning of the German river name "Schwarze Elster," referring to a dark-colored magpie.
  • B. Ask the Dust
    Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film adaptation of John Fante’s novel, starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Depression-era Los Angeles.
  • C. Velvet Goldmine
    Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 glam rock–themed drama film directed by Todd Haynes that explores identity, sexuality, and fame through the rise and fall of a fictional rock star in 1970s Britain.
  • D. Ashes to Ashes
    Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
  • E. Ashes to Ashes
    Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction crime drama television series that serves as a sequel to Life on Mars, following a modern-day detective who finds herself transported back to the 1980s.
  • 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: The Thin White Duke
Triple: [David Bowie, alterEgo, The Thin White Duke]
Generated description
The Thin White Duke is a theatrical, emotionally detached persona created and performed by David Bowie during his mid-1970s period, often associated with a stark, stylish appearance and darker thematic material.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Thin White Duke
Target entity description: The Thin White Duke is a theatrical, emotionally detached persona created and performed by David Bowie during his mid-1970s period, often associated with a stark, stylish appearance and darker thematic material.
  • A. Black Magpie
    Black Magpie is the English meaning of the German river name "Schwarze Elster," referring to a dark-colored magpie.
  • B. Ask the Dust
    Ask the Dust is a 2006 romantic drama film adaptation of John Fante’s novel, starring Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell in Depression-era Los Angeles.
  • C. Velvet Goldmine chosen
    Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 glam rock–themed drama film directed by Todd Haynes that explores identity, sexuality, and fame through the rise and fall of a fictional rock star in 1970s Britain.
  • D. Ashes to Ashes
    Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
  • E. Ashes to Ashes
    Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction crime drama television series that serves as a sequel to Life on Mars, following a modern-day detective who finds herself transported back to the 1980s.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351e70a748190af6f1b709a0e75e6 completed March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dbc68534819095ce62645ca79eff completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5df8336e881908c875b8411c2fe4d completed March 14, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e0ded0288190b615364e9ae10821 completed March 14, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.