Triple
T5753995
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star |
E126920
|
entity |
| Predicate | producer |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shawn J. Period
Shawn J. Period is a hip-hop producer known for his work in the late 1990s underground scene, including contributions to Mos Def & Talib Kweli’s Black Star project.
|
E544375
|
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: Shawn J. Period | Statement: [Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, producer, Shawn J. Period]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn J. Period Context triple: [Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, producer, Shawn J. Period]
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A.
Shawn
Shawn is a given name, typically a variant of the name John or Sean, used primarily in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Shawn Matthews
Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
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C.
Shawn Lawrence Otto
Shawn Lawrence Otto is an American screenwriter and author known for his work on the film adaptation of "House of Sand and Fog" and for his writing on science, politics, and public discourse.
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D.
Shawn Marks
Shawn Marks is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Marks, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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E.
Edwin Myers Shawn
Edwin Myers Shawn, better known as Ted Shawn, was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer, teacher, and co-founder of the influential dance center Jacob’s Pillow.
- 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: Shawn J. Period Triple: [Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, producer, Shawn J. Period]
Generated description
Shawn J. Period is a hip-hop producer known for his work in the late 1990s underground scene, including contributions to Mos Def & Talib Kweli’s Black Star project.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shawn J. Period Target entity description: Shawn J. Period is a hip-hop producer known for his work in the late 1990s underground scene, including contributions to Mos Def & Talib Kweli’s Black Star project.
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A.
Shawn
Shawn is a given name, typically a variant of the name John or Sean, used primarily in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Shawn Matthews
Shawn Matthews is a senior executive associated with the financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald.
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C.
Shawn Lawrence Otto
Shawn Lawrence Otto is an American screenwriter and author known for his work on the film adaptation of "House of Sand and Fog" and for his writing on science, politics, and public discourse.
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D.
Shawn Marks
Shawn Marks is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Marks, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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E.
Edwin Myers Shawn
Edwin Myers Shawn, better known as Ted Shawn, was a pioneering American modern dance choreographer, teacher, and co-founder of the influential dance center Jacob’s Pillow.
- 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_69c00832aedc81909899801b141fa3b4 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c029032ba08190ae4062d74ab271ee |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c07e434aa88190b56e721c002d31b8 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 11:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c08be0a25481908ae868b2364fcc68 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c08c926fc88190a3a06081c1da364e |
completed | March 23, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:49 p.m.