Triple
T8696913
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Styx |
E206424
|
entity |
| Predicate | member |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
|
E754889
|
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: Tommy Shaw | Statement: [Styx, member, Tommy Shaw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy Shaw Context triple: [Styx, member, Tommy Shaw]
-
A.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
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B.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban-American hard rock and heavy metal bassist best known for his work with bands like Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
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C.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
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D.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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E.
Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman is an American guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, melodic playing style and influential work in thrash and neoclassical metal, as well as his later career in Japan as a musician and television personality.
- 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: Tommy Shaw Triple: [Styx, member, Tommy Shaw]
Generated description
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy Shaw Target entity description: Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
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A.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
-
B.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban-American hard rock and heavy metal bassist best known for his work with bands like Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
-
C.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
-
D.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
-
E.
Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman is an American guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, melodic playing style and influential work in thrash and neoclassical metal, as well as his later career in Japan as a musician and television personality.
- 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_69ca83555b6c8190abe930dd397e863b |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc582b04688190a439135b08e20451 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf4287aa048190ba0263623d02b2ef |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf44e9b154819091864c7dbc8edbfb |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf4578473081909fc55632c366a56a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 4:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:34 p.m.