Triple

T6568591
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sammy Davis Jr. E153974 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Sammy Davis Sr.
Sammy Davis Sr. was an American vaudeville and tap dancer best known as the father and early performing partner of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
 E603152 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: Sammy Davis Sr. | Statement: [Sammy Davis Jr., parent, Sammy Davis Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sammy Davis Sr.
Context triple: [Sammy Davis Jr., parent, Sammy Davis Sr.]
  • A. Sammy Davis Jr.
    Sammy Davis Jr. was an American singer, dancer, actor, and member of the Rat Pack, renowned for his versatile talent and groundbreaking role as a Black entertainer in mid-20th-century popular culture.
  • B. Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante was a beloved American comedian, actor, and singer known for his gravelly voice, prominent nose, and exuberant stage and screen persona.
  • C. Danny Thomas
    Danny Thomas was an American comedian, actor, and producer best known for creating and starring in the sitcom "Make Room for Daddy" and for founding St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
  • D. Jimmy Witherspoon
    Jimmy Witherspoon was an American blues and jazz singer known for his powerful, soulful voice and influential postwar recordings.
  • E. Cab Calloway
    Cab Calloway was an influential American jazz singer and bandleader known for his energetic performances and scat singing, who became a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • 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: Sammy Davis Sr.
Triple: [Sammy Davis Jr., parent, Sammy Davis Sr.]
Generated description
Sammy Davis Sr. was an American vaudeville and tap dancer best known as the father and early performing partner of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sammy Davis Sr.
Target entity description: Sammy Davis Sr. was an American vaudeville and tap dancer best known as the father and early performing partner of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
  • A. Sammy Davis Jr.
    Sammy Davis Jr. was an American singer, dancer, actor, and member of the Rat Pack, renowned for his versatile talent and groundbreaking role as a Black entertainer in mid-20th-century popular culture.
  • B. Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante was a beloved American comedian, actor, and singer known for his gravelly voice, prominent nose, and exuberant stage and screen persona.
  • C. Danny Thomas
    Danny Thomas was an American comedian, actor, and producer best known for creating and starring in the sitcom "Make Room for Daddy" and for founding St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
  • D. Jimmy Witherspoon
    Jimmy Witherspoon was an American blues and jazz singer known for his powerful, soulful voice and influential postwar recordings.
  • E. Cab Calloway
    Cab Calloway was an influential American jazz singer and bandleader known for his energetic performances and scat singing, who became a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • 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_69c6880cb35881909b763eb0125236b9 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ae54afd4819091ee65aca1de60a9 completed March 27, 2026, 4:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6d567ef7481908c700c3abe2863ae completed March 27, 2026, 7:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6d677a74881908e174a6f6c7a5497 completed March 27, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6d843bad081909ebb887f32ea4195 completed March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:53 p.m.