Triple

T5783943
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Metallica E128224 entity
Predicate formerMember P1168 FINISHED
Object Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton was an influential American bassist and songwriter best known for his innovative work with the heavy metal band Metallica in the early 1980s.
E546870 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: Cliff Burton | Statement: [Metallica, formerMember, Cliff Burton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cliff Burton
Context triple: [Metallica, formerMember, Cliff Burton]
  • A. Kirk Hammett
    Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica, renowned for his influential solos and role in shaping the band's signature sound.
  • B. Jon Lomberg
    Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
  • C. Billy Costigan
    Billy Costigan is the undercover Massachusetts State Police officer infiltrating the Irish mob in Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller film "The Departed."
  • D. Michael Wisher
    Michael Wisher was a British character actor best known for originating the role of Davros in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • E. Yngwie Malmsteen
    Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish neoclassical metal guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, fast-paced playing style and influential solo career.
  • 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: Cliff Burton
Triple: [Metallica, formerMember, Cliff Burton]
Generated description
Cliff Burton was an influential American bassist and songwriter best known for his innovative work with the heavy metal band Metallica in the early 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cliff Burton
Target entity description: Cliff Burton was an influential American bassist and songwriter best known for his innovative work with the heavy metal band Metallica in the early 1980s.
  • A. Kirk Hammett
    Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica, renowned for his influential solos and role in shaping the band's signature sound.
  • B. Jon Lomberg
    Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
  • C. Billy Costigan
    Billy Costigan is the undercover Massachusetts State Police officer infiltrating the Irish mob in Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller film "The Departed."
  • D. Michael Wisher
    Michael Wisher was a British character actor best known for originating the role of Davros in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • E. Yngwie Malmsteen
    Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish neoclassical metal guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, fast-paced playing style and influential solo career.
  • 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a19870c819084dc68b36b0cdd60 completed March 22, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c098112a1c8190a8aacb208c544959 completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c098f32f7081908d9306afc30147a1 completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0996fb9148190ae8c09f4816d00b8 completed March 23, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:50 p.m.