Triple

T5138648
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Becker E115890 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Walter Becker
Walter Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the co-founder, guitarist, and bassist of the jazz-rock band Steely Dan.
E495538 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: Walter Becker | Statement: [Becker, hasNotableBearer, Walter Becker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Becker
Context triple: [Becker, hasNotableBearer, Walter Becker]
  • A. Danny Kortchmar
    Danny Kortchmar is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known for his extensive work with major singer-songwriters of the 1970s and 1980s, including James Taylor, Carole King, and Don Henley.
  • B. Lenny Waronker
    Lenny Waronker is an American record producer and music executive known for his influential work at Warner Bros. Records and collaborations with numerous acclaimed artists.
  • C. Roy Bittan
    Roy Bittan is an American keyboardist and longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, renowned for his distinctive piano and synthesizer work on many classic rock albums.
  • D. J.D. Souther
    J.D. Souther is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his influential work in the 1970s Los Angeles country-rock scene, including writing and co-writing hits for the Eagles and other major artists.
  • E. Mitchell Froom
    Mitchell Froom is an American record producer and musician known for his innovative, atmospheric work with artists such as Crowded House, Suzanne Vega, and Los Lobos.
  • 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: Walter Becker
Triple: [Becker, hasNotableBearer, Walter Becker]
Generated description
Walter Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the co-founder, guitarist, and bassist of the jazz-rock band Steely Dan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Becker
Target entity description: Walter Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the co-founder, guitarist, and bassist of the jazz-rock band Steely Dan.
  • A. Danny Kortchmar
    Danny Kortchmar is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known for his extensive work with major singer-songwriters of the 1970s and 1980s, including James Taylor, Carole King, and Don Henley.
  • B. Lenny Waronker
    Lenny Waronker is an American record producer and music executive known for his influential work at Warner Bros. Records and collaborations with numerous acclaimed artists.
  • C. Roy Bittan
    Roy Bittan is an American keyboardist and longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, renowned for his distinctive piano and synthesizer work on many classic rock albums.
  • D. J.D. Souther
    J.D. Souther is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his influential work in the 1970s Los Angeles country-rock scene, including writing and co-writing hits for the Eagles and other major artists.
  • E. Mitchell Froom
    Mitchell Froom is an American record producer and musician known for his innovative, atmospheric work with artists such as Crowded House, Suzanne Vega, and Los Lobos.
  • 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_69bd44459a988190a772a5c2ec6a1965 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd787acd18819087f09db885893c3e completed March 20, 2026, 4:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bec4d342c8819088f67c01d3769a6d completed March 21, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bec5867eac819089ee2c5eddc32a4b completed March 21, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bec5eb535c819097deeb331f9f0f4d completed March 21, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.