Triple

T6283309
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother E140830 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Bob Russell
Bob Russell was an American lyricist best known for writing the words to popular standards such as "He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother."
 E581638 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: Bob Russell | Statement: [He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, writer, Bob Russell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Russell
Context triple: [He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, writer, Bob Russell]
  • A. Bill Travers
    Bill Travers was a British actor and wildlife conservationist best known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and for co-founding the Born Free Foundation.
  • B. Robert Russell
    Robert Russell is a computer engineer best known for his key role in developing and designing the Commodore 64 home computer.
  • C. Robert Russell
    Robert Russell is an author best known for co-writing the musical "Flora the Red Menace," which marked Liza Minnelli’s Broadway debut.
  • D. Gene Green
    Gene Green is an American Democratic politician who served for many years as a U.S. Representative from the Houston area in Texas.
  • E. Bob Wells
    Bob Wells was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic holiday standard "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)."
  • 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: Bob Russell
Triple: [He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, writer, Bob Russell]
Generated description
Bob Russell was an American lyricist best known for writing the words to popular standards such as "He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bob Russell
Target entity description: Bob Russell was an American lyricist best known for writing the words to popular standards such as "He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother."
  • A. Bill Travers
    Bill Travers was a British actor and wildlife conservationist best known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and for co-founding the Born Free Foundation.
  • B. Robert Russell
    Robert Russell is a computer engineer best known for his key role in developing and designing the Commodore 64 home computer.
  • C. Robert Russell
    Robert Russell is an author best known for co-writing the musical "Flora the Red Menace," which marked Liza Minnelli’s Broadway debut.
  • D. Gene Green
    Gene Green is an American Democratic politician who served for many years as a U.S. Representative from the Houston area in Texas.
  • E. Bob Wells
    Bob Wells was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic holiday standard "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)."
  • 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_69c008cd17c8819082b82d3fbeb68047 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c063fb6b1c8190b19a674c18fc9c53 completed March 22, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5196864788190934e7c66d450dcf1 completed March 26, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c51e9932cc8190bce03a28097a2ddc completed March 26, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c51f1689dc8190bbd38cd7a5425224 completed March 26, 2026, 11:57 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:26 p.m.