Triple

T6283961
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael McCary E140849 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
"It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is a soulful R&B ballad popularized by Boyz II Men, known for its rich harmonies and emotional reflection on loss and farewell.
E581703 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: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday | Statement: [Michael McCary, notableWork, It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Context triple: [Michael McCary, notableWork, It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday]
  • A. Yesterdays
    "Yesterdays" is a song by Guns N' Roses, best known from their 1991 album Use Your Illusion II, featuring reflective lyrics and a melodic hard rock style.
  • B. Sentimental Journey
    Sentimental Journey is a studio album by American actress and singer Emmy Rossum featuring covers of classic songs from the 1920s to the 1960s.
  • C. Memories Are Made of This
    "Memories Are Made of This" is a popular 1955 traditional pop song best known for Dean Martin’s hit recording, which became one of his signature tunes.
  • D. Last Night When We Were Young
    "Last Night When We Were Young" is a classic popular song by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, widely recognized for its poignant, nostalgic lyrics and frequent interpretation by traditional pop and jazz vocalists.
  • E. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
    "Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye" is a gentle, melancholic Leonard Cohen song about a tender, regretful farewell in a fading relationship.
  • 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: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Triple: [Michael McCary, notableWork, It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday]
Generated description
"It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is a soulful R&B ballad popularized by Boyz II Men, known for its rich harmonies and emotional reflection on loss and farewell.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
Target entity description: "It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is a soulful R&B ballad popularized by Boyz II Men, known for its rich harmonies and emotional reflection on loss and farewell.
  • A. Yesterdays
    "Yesterdays" is a song by Guns N' Roses, best known from their 1991 album Use Your Illusion II, featuring reflective lyrics and a melodic hard rock style.
  • B. Sentimental Journey
    Sentimental Journey is a studio album by American actress and singer Emmy Rossum featuring covers of classic songs from the 1920s to the 1960s.
  • C. Memories Are Made of This
    "Memories Are Made of This" is a popular 1955 traditional pop song best known for Dean Martin’s hit recording, which became one of his signature tunes.
  • D. Last Night When We Were Young
    "Last Night When We Were Young" is a classic popular song by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, widely recognized for its poignant, nostalgic lyrics and frequent interpretation by traditional pop and jazz vocalists.
  • E. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
    "Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye" is a gentle, melancholic Leonard Cohen song about a tender, regretful farewell in a fading relationship.
  • 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.