Triple

T8866821
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Margaret Whiting E211038 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Richard A. Whiting
Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
E763272 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: Richard A. Whiting | Statement: [Margaret Whiting, father, Richard A. Whiting]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard A. Whiting
Context triple: [Margaret Whiting, father, Richard A. Whiting]
  • A. Milton Ager
    Milton Ager was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular standards of the early 20th century, many of which became enduring hits of the Tin Pan Alley era.
  • B. James W. Steese
    James W. Steese was an American military officer and engineer who played a significant role in the development of Alaska’s transportation infrastructure in the early 20th century.
  • C. Al Cohn
    Al Cohn was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer known for his cool-toned style and influential work in the post–World War II jazz scene.
  • D. Edward Gleason
    Edward Gleason is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Gleason, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
  • E. Walter Donaldson
    Walter Donaldson was an American songwriter and composer best known for his prolific output of popular songs and film scores during the early 20th century.
  • 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: Richard A. Whiting
Triple: [Margaret Whiting, father, Richard A. Whiting]
Generated description
Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard A. Whiting
Target entity description: Richard A. Whiting was an American composer best known for writing popular standards such as "Hooray for Hollywood" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
  • A. Milton Ager
    Milton Ager was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular standards of the early 20th century, many of which became enduring hits of the Tin Pan Alley era.
  • B. James W. Steese
    James W. Steese was an American military officer and engineer who played a significant role in the development of Alaska’s transportation infrastructure in the early 20th century.
  • C. Al Cohn
    Al Cohn was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer known for his cool-toned style and influential work in the post–World War II jazz scene.
  • D. Edward Gleason
    Edward Gleason is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Gleason, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
  • E. Walter Donaldson
    Walter Donaldson was an American songwriter and composer best known for his prolific output of popular songs and film scores during the early 20th century.
  • 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_69ca838d3c7c8190a849566d5afd2b11 completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6108530c819084559f4de669ce20 completed April 1, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfa0dafdf48190abc1fe1a8397e339 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfa191d7d0819085a6b9bf7fa56067 completed April 3, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfa28b1d1c8190ab4a10ba8fa7259d completed April 3, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:51 p.m.