Triple

T5193683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steve Vai E117215 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object Tony MacAlpine
Tony MacAlpine is an American guitarist and keyboardist known for his virtuosic neoclassical metal and instrumental rock work, as well as collaborations with prominent guitarists and fusion projects.
E501243 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: Tony MacAlpine | Statement: [Steve Vai, associatedAct, Tony MacAlpine]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony MacAlpine
Context triple: [Steve Vai, associatedAct, Tony MacAlpine]
  • A. Deryck Guyler
    Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
  • B. James Williamson
    James Williamson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his influential work with the proto-punk band The Stooges, particularly on their landmark album "Raw Power."
  • C. Michael Wilford
    Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
  • D. Jim James
    Jim James is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band My Morning Jacket.
  • E. Darol Anger
    Darol Anger is an American violinist and fiddler known for his innovative contributions to contemporary acoustic, jazz, and newgrass music.
  • 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: Tony MacAlpine
Triple: [Steve Vai, associatedAct, Tony MacAlpine]
Generated description
Tony MacAlpine is an American guitarist and keyboardist known for his virtuosic neoclassical metal and instrumental rock work, as well as collaborations with prominent guitarists and fusion projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony MacAlpine
Target entity description: Tony MacAlpine is an American guitarist and keyboardist known for his virtuosic neoclassical metal and instrumental rock work, as well as collaborations with prominent guitarists and fusion projects.
  • A. Deryck Guyler
    Deryck Guyler was a British character actor and comedian best known for his roles in mid-20th-century radio and television sitcoms.
  • B. James Williamson
    James Williamson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his influential work with the proto-punk band The Stooges, particularly on their landmark album "Raw Power."
  • C. Michael Wilford
    Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
  • D. Jim James
    Jim James is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band My Morning Jacket.
  • E. Darol Anger
    Darol Anger is an American violinist and fiddler known for his innovative contributions to contemporary acoustic, jazz, and newgrass music.
  • 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_69bd4462ed04819084fcb01eb9d2fa74 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd79f142488190bc6c57b8ff7ef894 completed March 20, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bee09743e08190a3a73fb410a6f124 completed March 21, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bee5a7cc748190b5df14b78aeac608 completed March 21, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bee64966f88190874edda00332e220 completed March 21, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:46 p.m.