Triple

T4371257
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Ballad of Calico E98900 entity
Predicate hasPart P35 FINISHED
Object “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”
“Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog” is a narrative song segment from the concept album *The Ballad of Calico*, telling the story of a dog famed for delivering mail in the old Western mining town of Calico.
 E436272 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: “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog” | Statement: [The Ballad of Calico, hasPart, “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”
Context triple: [The Ballad of Calico, hasPart, “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”]
  • A. Gumbo the Dog
    Gumbo the Dog is the costumed canine mascot of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
  • B. Piper the Dog
    Piper the Dog is the costumed canine mascot representing Hamline University at its athletic events and campus activities.
  • C. Ralphie the Greyhound
    Ralphie the Greyhound is the athletic mascot of Eastern New Mexico University, represented as a swift greyhound symbolizing the school’s spirit and sports teams.
  • D. Bullet the Wonder Dog
    Bullet the Wonder Dog was Roy Rogers’ famous German Shepherd sidekick, known for appearing in his Western films and television shows as a heroic and intelligent companion.
  • E. K-9 and Company
    K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
  • 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: “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”
Triple: [The Ballad of Calico, hasPart, “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”]
Generated description
“Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog” is a narrative song segment from the concept album *The Ballad of Calico*, telling the story of a dog famed for delivering mail in the old Western mining town of Calico.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog”
Target entity description: “Dorsey, the Mail-Carrying Dog” is a narrative song segment from the concept album *The Ballad of Calico*, telling the story of a dog famed for delivering mail in the old Western mining town of Calico.
  • A. Gumbo the Dog
    Gumbo the Dog is the costumed canine mascot of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
  • B. Piper the Dog
    Piper the Dog is the costumed canine mascot representing Hamline University at its athletic events and campus activities.
  • C. Ralphie the Greyhound
    Ralphie the Greyhound is the athletic mascot of Eastern New Mexico University, represented as a swift greyhound symbolizing the school’s spirit and sports teams.
  • D. Bullet the Wonder Dog
    Bullet the Wonder Dog was Roy Rogers’ famous German Shepherd sidekick, known for appearing in his Western films and television shows as a heroic and intelligent companion.
  • E. K-9 and Company
    K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
  • 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_69b3454db3708190aeafd814413c4c3d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3521dffbc8190b9300a7f4f64bdc0 completed March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e50bcc9481909b0b9d60198dce63 completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5eeadd68881909820a75aaff9d8d5 completed March 14, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5ef36f2bc8190a21e0f2fadbdd697 completed March 14, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.