Triple

T8268474
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The History of Everything E193359 entity
Predicate composer P1361 FINISHED
Object Ed Robertson
Ed Robertson is a Canadian musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and guitarist of the band Barenaked Ladies.
E722727 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: Ed Robertson | Statement: [The History of Everything, composer, Ed Robertson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Robertson
Context triple: [The History of Everything, composer, Ed Robertson]
  • A. Donald Faison
    Donald Faison is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Dr. Christopher Turk on the television series "Scrubs."
  • B. Jason Dunham
    Jason Dunham was a United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who sacrificed his life in Iraq by smothering a grenade to save his fellow Marines.
  • C. Phil Balsley
    Phil Balsley is an American country and gospel singer best known as the baritone vocalist and founding member of the award-winning group The Statler Brothers.
  • D. Jonathan Banks
    Jonathan Banks is an American character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of fixer Mike Ehrmantraut in the television dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
  • E. John Carroll Lynch
    John Carroll Lynch is an American character actor known for his versatile roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "Fargo," "Zodiac," and "American Horror Story."
  • 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: Ed Robertson
Triple: [The History of Everything, composer, Ed Robertson]
Generated description
Ed Robertson is a Canadian musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and guitarist of the band Barenaked Ladies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Robertson
Target entity description: Ed Robertson is a Canadian musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and guitarist of the band Barenaked Ladies.
  • A. Donald Faison
    Donald Faison is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Dr. Christopher Turk on the television series "Scrubs."
  • B. Jason Dunham
    Jason Dunham was a United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who sacrificed his life in Iraq by smothering a grenade to save his fellow Marines.
  • C. Phil Balsley
    Phil Balsley is an American country and gospel singer best known as the baritone vocalist and founding member of the award-winning group The Statler Brothers.
  • D. Jonathan Banks
    Jonathan Banks is an American character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of fixer Mike Ehrmantraut in the television dramas Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
  • E. John Carroll Lynch
    John Carroll Lynch is an American character actor known for his versatile roles in film and television, including notable performances in works like "Fargo," "Zodiac," and "American Horror Story."
  • 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_69ca82e081d48190986beaa51f498ab9 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb795127ac81908196008f5579f83f completed March 31, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cd6833065c8190945e88022ad2869d completed April 1, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cd6d52763c8190891f88d62be44786 completed April 1, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd7df568788190a5a219baa65a6a19 completed April 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:50 p.m.