Triple

T8207381
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Awful Truth E191720 entity
Predicate musicBy P1952 FINISHED
Object Ben Oakland
Ben Oakland was an American composer and songwriter active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his contributions to popular music and film scores.
 E723928 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: Ben Oakland | Statement: [The Awful Truth, musicBy, Ben Oakland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Oakland
Context triple: [The Awful Truth, musicBy, Ben Oakland]
  • A. Ted Oakes
    Ted Oakes is a wildlife television producer and filmmaker known for creating high-profile nature documentaries.
  • B. Leland Palmer
    Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • D. Gilroy Roberts
    Gilroy Roberts was an American sculptor and engraver best known as the ninth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint and for creating the obverse portrait of President John F. Kennedy on the Kennedy half dollar.
  • E. Glenn Williamson
    Glenn Williamson is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the dark comedy-drama "Sunshine Cleaning."
  • 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: Ben Oakland
Triple: [The Awful Truth, musicBy, Ben Oakland]
Generated description
Ben Oakland was an American composer and songwriter active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his contributions to popular music and film scores.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Oakland
Target entity description: Ben Oakland was an American composer and songwriter active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his contributions to popular music and film scores.
  • A. Ted Oakes
    Ted Oakes is a wildlife television producer and filmmaker known for creating high-profile nature documentaries.
  • B. Leland Palmer
    Leland Palmer is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her work in musical theatre and film during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • C. Ray Cusick
    Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  • D. Gilroy Roberts
    Gilroy Roberts was an American sculptor and engraver best known as the ninth Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint and for creating the obverse portrait of President John F. Kennedy on the Kennedy half dollar.
  • E. Glenn Williamson
    Glenn Williamson is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the dark comedy-drama "Sunshine Cleaning."
  • 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_69ca82c7f3e08190857bf1fc63b2a10c completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb726b520081908ce4a03bd14dfcdf completed March 31, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd67dca77c8190bdae8a88648fc534 completed April 1, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6d4fa17481909f28ad7eb9bceb42 completed April 1, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7dd65fac8190b8f44b1cf2be7bdd completed April 1, 2026, 8:19 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:43 p.m.