Triple

T695040
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Light E13876 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
E93562 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: Bobby Caldwell | Statement: [The Light, writer, Bobby Caldwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby Caldwell
Context triple: [The Light, writer, Bobby Caldwell]
  • A. Bobby Bland
    Bobby Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and a string of R&B hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.
  • B. Kim Carnes
    Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter best known for her raspy voice and the 1981 hit single "Bette Davis Eyes."
  • C. Philip Baker Hall
    Philip Baker Hall was an American character actor renowned for his intense, understated performances in films like "Magnolia," "Boogie Nights," and "Hard Eight," as well as memorable television roles including his iconic turn as library cop Lt. Bookman on "Seinfeld."
  • D. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.
  • E. Paul Anka
    Paul Anka is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor best known for pop hits like "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and for writing songs for artists such as Frank Sinatra.
  • 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: Bobby Caldwell
Triple: [The Light, writer, Bobby Caldwell]
Generated description
Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby Caldwell
Target entity description: Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
  • A. Bobby Bland
    Bobby Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and a string of R&B hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.
  • B. Kim Carnes
    Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter best known for her raspy voice and the 1981 hit single "Bette Davis Eyes."
  • C. Philip Baker Hall
    Philip Baker Hall was an American character actor renowned for his intense, understated performances in films like "Magnolia," "Boogie Nights," and "Hard Eight," as well as memorable television roles including his iconic turn as library cop Lt. Bookman on "Seinfeld."
  • D. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.
  • E. Paul Anka
    Paul Anka is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor best known for pop hits like "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and for writing songs for artists such as Frank Sinatra.
  • 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a0c3f39c8190a3014df428817492 completed March 1, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a6787385d8819083f5b6336363743e completed March 3, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a679232fc88190b3b60233e81c831e completed March 3, 2026, 6:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a67993ed108190b86e3e00a27fff2c completed March 3, 2026, 6:03 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.