Triple

T7211773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Platters E149420 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Tony Williams
Tony Williams was an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the pioneering R&B and doo-wop group The Platters during their peak years in the 1950s.
E648523 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: Tony Williams | Statement: [The Platters, member, Tony Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Williams
Context triple: [The Platters, member, Tony Williams]
  • A. Tony Williams
    Tony Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his frequent collaborations with Kanye West and contributions to the G.O.O.D. Music collective.
  • B. Tony Williams
    Tony Williams was a pioneering American jazz drummer best known for his innovative work with the Miles Davis Quintet and his influential role in the development of modern jazz fusion.
  • C. Clinton Shorter
    Clinton Shorter is a Canadian film and television composer known for his atmospheric, rhythm-driven scores for movies such as District 9 and Contraband.
  • D. Thad Jones
    Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
  • E. Charles Lloyd
    Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
  • 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: Tony Williams
Triple: [The Platters, member, Tony Williams]
Generated description
Tony Williams was an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the pioneering R&B and doo-wop group The Platters during their peak years in the 1950s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Williams
Target entity description: Tony Williams was an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the pioneering R&B and doo-wop group The Platters during their peak years in the 1950s.
  • A. Tony Williams
    Tony Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his frequent collaborations with Kanye West and contributions to the G.O.O.D. Music collective.
  • B. Tony Williams
    Tony Williams was a pioneering American jazz drummer best known for his innovative work with the Miles Davis Quintet and his influential role in the development of modern jazz fusion.
  • C. Clinton Shorter
    Clinton Shorter is a Canadian film and television composer known for his atmospheric, rhythm-driven scores for movies such as District 9 and Contraband.
  • D. Thad Jones
    Thad Jones was an influential American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader known for his sophisticated arrangements and co-leading the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra.
  • E. Charles Lloyd
    Charles Lloyd is an influential American jazz saxophonist, flutist, and composer known for his genre-blending style and acclaimed work since the 1960s.
  • 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_69c687eca814819095abb52316b1af80 completed March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e96f99088190a085476bcfca26fd completed March 27, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7bfc9aae48190aa432ebc0034d9b8 completed March 28, 2026, 11:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7c071778881909a82eedf61cae22b completed March 28, 2026, 11:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7c111e05c8190a9cfba3fca1f8198 completed March 28, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.