Triple

T5056661
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tommy Dorsey E113919 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr., better known as Tommy Dorsey, was a prominent American jazz trombonist and big band leader of the swing era.
E490474 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: Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. | Statement: [Tommy Dorsey, fullName, Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Context triple: [Tommy Dorsey, fullName, Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.]
  • A. Thomas A. Dorsey
    Thomas A. Dorsey was an influential American composer and pianist known as the “Father of Gospel Music” for pioneering the fusion of sacred lyrics with blues and jazz styles.
  • B. Lowell Fulson
    Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
  • C. Louis Jordan
    Louis Jordan was an influential American saxophonist, bandleader, and singer known as a pioneer of jump blues and a key figure in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.
  • D. Oscar Charleston
    Oscar Charleston was an American baseball center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro league history, known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive brilliance.
  • E. Clyde McPhatter
    Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
  • 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: Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Triple: [Tommy Dorsey, fullName, Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.]
Generated description
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr., better known as Tommy Dorsey, was a prominent American jazz trombonist and big band leader of the swing era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Target entity description: Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr., better known as Tommy Dorsey, was a prominent American jazz trombonist and big band leader of the swing era.
  • A. Thomas A. Dorsey
    Thomas A. Dorsey was an influential American composer and pianist known as the “Father of Gospel Music” for pioneering the fusion of sacred lyrics with blues and jazz styles.
  • B. Lowell Fulson
    Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
  • C. Louis Jordan
    Louis Jordan was an influential American saxophonist, bandleader, and singer known as a pioneer of jump blues and a key figure in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.
  • D. Oscar Charleston
    Oscar Charleston was an American baseball center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro league history, known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive brilliance.
  • E. Clyde McPhatter
    Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
  • 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_69bd7450312881908d4e3576ca65f7fb completed March 20, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bea48cc7b88190a9ea43f79b0a0cf0 completed March 21, 2026, 2 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bea654fa8881908a50be410d4ea7d5 completed March 21, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bea6ad303481909c41af9a4e002e0b completed March 21, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:38 p.m.