Triple

T4372700
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Doc Watson E98932 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Clarence Ashley
Clarence Ashley was an influential American old-time musician and singer known for his banjo and guitar playing and for helping popularize traditional Appalachian folk songs.
E435439 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: Clarence Ashley | Statement: [Doc Watson, collaboratedWith, Clarence Ashley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Ashley
Context triple: [Doc Watson, collaboratedWith, Clarence Ashley]
  • A. Gordon Heath
    Gordon Heath was an American actor, singer, and director known for his work on stage and in film, as well as for his influential career in Europe, particularly in France.
  • B. Mel Daniels
    Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
  • C. John Hilliard
    John Hilliard is a British conceptual artist and photographer known for his experimental works that explore the nature of photographic representation and perception.
  • D. Gerald Donaghey
    Gerald Donaghey was a young Irish civil rights protester who was shot and killed by British soldiers during the 1972 Bloody Sunday events in Derry, becoming one of the most controversial victims of the massacre.
  • E. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • 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: Clarence Ashley
Triple: [Doc Watson, collaboratedWith, Clarence Ashley]
Generated description
Clarence Ashley was an influential American old-time musician and singer known for his banjo and guitar playing and for helping popularize traditional Appalachian folk songs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence Ashley
Target entity description: Clarence Ashley was an influential American old-time musician and singer known for his banjo and guitar playing and for helping popularize traditional Appalachian folk songs.
  • A. Gordon Heath
    Gordon Heath was an American actor, singer, and director known for his work on stage and in film, as well as for his influential career in Europe, particularly in France.
  • B. Mel Daniels
    Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
  • C. John Hilliard
    John Hilliard is a British conceptual artist and photographer known for his experimental works that explore the nature of photographic representation and perception.
  • D. Gerald Donaghey
    Gerald Donaghey was a young Irish civil rights protester who was shot and killed by British soldiers during the 1972 Bloody Sunday events in Derry, becoming one of the most controversial victims of the massacre.
  • E. C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
  • 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_69b3521f7d9c81909c9209fe59d20ffd completed March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e50ec35481908cf1e1afffda19cb completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5e5e96aac819093c43dc355de4509 completed March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e6587be88190884f61a7350ce5a9 completed March 14, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.