Triple

T5599146
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clarence Avant E147071 entity
Predicate workedWith P398 FINISHED
Object Bill Withers
Bill Withers was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for soulful hits like "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Lovely Day."
 E528875 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: Bill Withers | Statement: [Clarence Avant, workedWith, Bill Withers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Withers
Context triple: [Clarence Avant, workedWith, Bill Withers]
  • A. Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.
  • B. Bobby Womack
    Bobby Womack was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his emotive vocals and genre-spanning contributions from the 1960s onward.
  • C. Al Green
    Al Green is an American Democratic politician and longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives known for representing a Houston-area district and for his advocacy on civil rights and social justice issues.
  • D. Al Green
    Al Green is an American soul and R&B singer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic hits like "Let's Stay Together," which made him a defining figure of 1970s soul music.
  • E. Donny Hathaway
    Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
  • 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: Bill Withers
Triple: [Clarence Avant, workedWith, Bill Withers]
Generated description
Bill Withers was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for soulful hits like "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Lovely Day."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Withers
Target entity description: Bill Withers was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for soulful hits like "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and "Lovely Day."
  • A. Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield was an influential American soul and funk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer known for his socially conscious music and pioneering work with The Impressions and on the Super Fly soundtrack.
  • B. Bobby Womack
    Bobby Womack was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his emotive vocals and genre-spanning contributions from the 1960s onward.
  • C. Al Green
    Al Green is an American Democratic politician and longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives known for representing a Houston-area district and for his advocacy on civil rights and social justice issues.
  • D. Al Green
    Al Green is an American soul and R&B singer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic hits like "Let's Stay Together," which made him a defining figure of 1970s soul music.
  • E. Donny Hathaway
    Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
  • 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_69c009043d648190a7af89698ccf1e3e completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c020d82870819087f9591b5a1021ce completed March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0287139508190aa646918228cfdc0 completed March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0350eb53081909dc573fefa3e7f0a completed March 22, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c036ee4e1c8190b9e60655d72407ff completed March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.