Triple
T863616
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Times They Are a-Changin' |
E18650
|
entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
M. Witmark & Sons
M. Witmark & Sons was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and influential works by major 20th-century songwriters.
|
E103361
|
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: M. Witmark & Sons | Statement: [The Times They Are a-Changin', publisher, M. Witmark & Sons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M. Witmark & Sons Context triple: [The Times They Are a-Changin', publisher, M. Witmark & Sons]
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A.
Liberty Records
Liberty Records is an American record label known for releasing popular country, pop, and rock music, particularly active from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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B.
Maxwell Records
Maxwell Records is a music record label known for releasing work by American soul and R&B singer Ben E. King.
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C.
Domino Recording Company
Domino Recording Company is an independent British record label known for releasing influential indie and alternative music from artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, and Bill Callahan.
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D.
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a major American record label known for releasing influential recordings across genres such as pop, rock, jazz, and R&B since the mid-20th century.
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E.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records was a prominent mid-20th-century American record label known for releasing influential rock and roll, R&B, and pop recordings.
- 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: M. Witmark & Sons Triple: [The Times They Are a-Changin', publisher, M. Witmark & Sons]
Generated description
M. Witmark & Sons was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and influential works by major 20th-century songwriters.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: M. Witmark & Sons Target entity description: M. Witmark & Sons was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and influential works by major 20th-century songwriters.
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A.
Liberty Records
Liberty Records is an American record label known for releasing popular country, pop, and rock music, particularly active from the 1950s through the 1970s.
-
B.
Maxwell Records
Maxwell Records is a music record label known for releasing work by American soul and R&B singer Ben E. King.
-
C.
Domino Recording Company
Domino Recording Company is an independent British record label known for releasing influential indie and alternative music from artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, and Bill Callahan.
-
D.
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a major American record label known for releasing influential recordings across genres such as pop, rock, jazz, and R&B since the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records was a prominent mid-20th-century American record label known for releasing influential rock and roll, R&B, and pop recordings.
- 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_69a4938ce8688190a24bdfef82ba7d21 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac6956488190a5644cdd5b55684f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b84b7ac0819089abf39adff96191 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7b9c5839c8190ba5fced9f0914b15 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7ba8f08b08190a448f0334d5e673f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.