Triple

T5052638
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thriller (song) E113822 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Rod Temperton
Rod Temperton was a British songwriter and former member of the band Heatwave, best known for penning several of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, including songs on the landmark album "Thriller."
E490185 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: Rod Temperton | Statement: [Thriller (song), writer, Rod Temperton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rod Temperton
Context triple: [Thriller (song), writer, Rod Temperton]
  • A. Thom Bell
    Thom Bell was a pioneering American record producer, arranger, and songwriter, best known as a key architect of the lush, orchestral Philadelphia soul sound of the 1970s.
  • B. Bernard Edwards
    Bernard Edwards was an influential American bassist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a co-founder of the disco band Chic and for crafting numerous funk and R&B hits.
  • C. Michael Gibb
    Michael Gibb is one of the sons of Barry Gibb, the famed singer-songwriter and member of the Bee Gees.
  • D. Dave McLean
    Dave McLean is a character from the comedy film "Hot Rod," known as one of amateur stuntman Rod Kimble’s loyal and eccentric friends.
  • E. Barry Mann
    Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician best known for his prolific Brill Building pop hits, often written with his wife and collaborator Cynthia Weil.
  • 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: Rod Temperton
Triple: [Thriller (song), writer, Rod Temperton]
Generated description
Rod Temperton was a British songwriter and former member of the band Heatwave, best known for penning several of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, including songs on the landmark album "Thriller."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rod Temperton
Target entity description: Rod Temperton was a British songwriter and former member of the band Heatwave, best known for penning several of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, including songs on the landmark album "Thriller."
  • A. Thom Bell
    Thom Bell was a pioneering American record producer, arranger, and songwriter, best known as a key architect of the lush, orchestral Philadelphia soul sound of the 1970s.
  • B. Bernard Edwards
    Bernard Edwards was an influential American bassist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a co-founder of the disco band Chic and for crafting numerous funk and R&B hits.
  • C. Michael Gibb
    Michael Gibb is one of the sons of Barry Gibb, the famed singer-songwriter and member of the Bee Gees.
  • D. Dave McLean
    Dave McLean is a character from the comedy film "Hot Rod," known as one of amateur stuntman Rod Kimble’s loyal and eccentric friends.
  • E. Barry Mann
    Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician best known for his prolific Brill Building pop hits, often written with his wife and collaborator Cynthia Weil.
  • 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_69bd443aa1f88190abb992d138f2cf42 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7428d7a88190b990aedae390acbe completed March 20, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bea486b394819082ea80694843b29e completed March 21, 2026, 2 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bea509ff4c8190be2ce24e84366ea8 completed March 21, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bea577f4b0819084d579e4d4804947 completed March 21, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:38 p.m.