Triple

T4901715
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Adams (composer) E109811 entity
Predicate influencedBy P9 FINISHED
Object Terry Riley
Terry Riley is an American composer and pioneer of minimalism whose innovative works, such as "In C," profoundly shaped contemporary classical and experimental music.
 E480465 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Terry Riley | Statement: [John Adams (composer), influencedBy, Terry Riley]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Terry Riley
Context triple: [John Adams (composer), influencedBy, Terry Riley]
  • A. Steve Reich
    Steve Reich is an American composer and pioneer of minimal music, known for his innovative use of phasing, repetition, and rhythmic patterns in works like "Music for 18 Musicians."
  • B. Philip Glass
    Philip Glass is an influential American composer known for his pioneering work in minimalism and his distinctive, repetitive musical structures in operas, film scores, and concert works.
  • C. John Cage
    John Cage was an innovative 20th-century American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in experimental music, chance operations, and the use of silence as a compositional element.
  • D. John Cage
    John Cage is a quirky, neurotic, and endearingly eccentric lawyer on the television series "Ally McBeal," known for his unusual habits and imaginative inner life.
  • E. Milton Babbitt
    Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Terry Riley
Target entity description: Terry Riley is an American composer and pioneer of minimalism whose innovative works, such as "In C," profoundly shaped contemporary classical and experimental music.
  • A. Steve Reich
    Steve Reich is an American composer and pioneer of minimal music, known for his innovative use of phasing, repetition, and rhythmic patterns in works like "Music for 18 Musicians."
  • B. Philip Glass
    Philip Glass is an influential American composer known for his pioneering work in minimalism and his distinctive, repetitive musical structures in operas, film scores, and concert works.
  • C. John Cage
    John Cage was an innovative 20th-century American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in experimental music, chance operations, and the use of silence as a compositional element.
  • D. John Cage
    John Cage is a quirky, neurotic, and endearingly eccentric lawyer on the television series "Ally McBeal," known for his unusual habits and imaginative inner life.
  • E. Milton Babbitt
    Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer and music theorist known for his pioneering work in serialism and electronic music.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Terry Riley
Triple: [John Adams (composer), influencedBy, Terry Riley]
Generated description
Terry Riley is an American composer and pioneer of minimalism whose innovative works, such as "In C," profoundly shaped contemporary classical and experimental music.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd6e4dd6bc819094b1cbf533510995 ner completed
NED1 batch_69be779c47348190bd8e19f87c2aa4c2 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69be78f8baf4819097393d670d217b63 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69be7885bf60819083f6546234c1c40c nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.