Triple

T5199138
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jimmie Rodgers E117349 entity
Predicate alias P39 FINISHED
Object The Singing Brakeman
The Singing Brakeman was the nickname of Jimmie Rodgers, a pioneering early country music star famed for his distinctive yodeling and railroad-themed songs.
E501506 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: The Singing Brakeman | Statement: [Jimmie Rodgers, alias, The Singing Brakeman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Singing Brakeman
Context triple: [Jimmie Rodgers, alias, The Singing Brakeman]
  • A. House by the Railroad
    House by the Railroad is a 1925 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a solitary Victorian house beside railroad tracks and often interpreted as a symbol of modern isolation and alienation.
  • B. I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
    "I’ve Been Working on the Railroad" is a traditional American folk song and children’s tune that humorously depicts the daily life and labor of railroad workers.
  • C. The Iron Horse
    The Iron Horse is the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, renowned for his durability, power hitting, and record-setting consecutive games played streak.
  • D. The Trolley Song
    "The Trolley Song" is a classic show tune from the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis*, widely recognized as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic musical performances.
  • E. Empire State Express
    Empire State Express was a famous New York Central Railroad passenger train known for its high-speed service between New York City and Buffalo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: The Singing Brakeman
Triple: [Jimmie Rodgers, alias, The Singing Brakeman]
Generated description
The Singing Brakeman was the nickname of Jimmie Rodgers, a pioneering early country music star famed for his distinctive yodeling and railroad-themed songs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Singing Brakeman
Target entity description: The Singing Brakeman was the nickname of Jimmie Rodgers, a pioneering early country music star famed for his distinctive yodeling and railroad-themed songs.
  • A. House by the Railroad
    House by the Railroad is a 1925 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a solitary Victorian house beside railroad tracks and often interpreted as a symbol of modern isolation and alienation.
  • B. I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
    "I’ve Been Working on the Railroad" is a traditional American folk song and children’s tune that humorously depicts the daily life and labor of railroad workers.
  • C. The Iron Horse
    The Iron Horse is the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, renowned for his durability, power hitting, and record-setting consecutive games played streak.
  • D. The Trolley Song
    "The Trolley Song" is a classic show tune from the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis*, widely recognized as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic musical performances.
  • E. Empire State Express
    Empire State Express was a famous New York Central Railroad passenger train known for its high-speed service between New York City and Buffalo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69bd7a1f154481908be5d3c9cbbef92a completed March 20, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bee0a115048190b7f02b5449c444d7 completed March 21, 2026, 6:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bee67ecec08190aa3e2ae7bf1eef9b completed March 21, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bee6ea68888190a88f6d3208ebcfba completed March 21, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:47 p.m.