Triple
T8696150
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Postal Service |
E206408
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Ben Gibbard |
E543078
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Gibbard | Statement: [The Postal Service, hasMember, Ben Gibbard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Gibbard Context triple: [The Postal Service, hasMember, Ben Gibbard]
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A.
Ben Gibbard
chosen
Ben Gibbard is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie and as a member of The Postal Service.
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B.
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
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C.
Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer.
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D.
David Pirner
David Pirner is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Soul Asylum.
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E.
Alex Ebert
Alex Ebert is an American singer-songwriter and composer best known as the frontman of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and for his work scoring films.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca83555b6c8190abe930dd397e863b |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc582996a0819097ad03097ad1f103 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d189c795d48190ba80739d07bc899c |
completed | April 4, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:34 p.m.