Triple

T8429912
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tumbleweed Connection E199091 entity
Predicate hasMusician P20942 FINISHED
Object Tony Burrows
Tony Burrows is a British session singer best known for providing lead vocals on numerous early 1970s pop hits for different studio bands, including Edison Lighthouse, White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man.
E761483 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 Burrows | Statement: [Tumbleweed Connection, hasMusician, Tony Burrows]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Burrows
Context triple: [Tumbleweed Connection, hasMusician, Tony Burrows]
  • A. Tony Burton
    Tony Burton was an American actor and former professional boxer best known for his recurring role as Duke, the trainer and cornerman, in the Rocky film series.
  • B. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • C. Kurt Barlow
    Kurt Barlow is the ancient, malevolent vampire antagonist in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot."
  • D. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • E. James Burrows
    James Burrows is an American television director and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "Cheers," "Taxi," and "Will & Grace."
  • 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 Burrows
Triple: [Tumbleweed Connection, hasMusician, Tony Burrows]
Generated description
Tony Burrows is a British session singer best known for providing lead vocals on numerous early 1970s pop hits for different studio bands, including Edison Lighthouse, White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Burrows
Target entity description: Tony Burrows is a British session singer best known for providing lead vocals on numerous early 1970s pop hits for different studio bands, including Edison Lighthouse, White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man.
  • A. Tony Burton
    Tony Burton was an American actor and former professional boxer best known for his recurring role as Duke, the trainer and cornerman, in the Rocky film series.
  • B. Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey was a British character actor known for his frequent supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures such as policemen and officials.
  • C. Kurt Barlow
    Kurt Barlow is the ancient, malevolent vampire antagonist in Stephen King’s horror novel "Salem’s Lot."
  • D. Richard Bristow
    Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
  • E. James Burrows
    James Burrows is an American television director and producer best known for his influential work on classic sitcoms such as "Cheers," "Taxi," and "Will & Grace."
  • 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_69ca8313c99081909a5c6d83b91de5b3 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbd1a2efa08190b92c75812003ffdb completed March 31, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf887208188190902ad8be01397371 completed April 3, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8c85e154819098b446ac0acac880 completed April 3, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8cda73588190b1fe48ba512d302d completed April 3, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:07 p.m.