Triple
T9042949
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City |
E216678
|
entity |
| Predicate | producer |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Mike Appel |
E216526
|
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: Mike Appel | Statement: [It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City, producer, Mike Appel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Appel Context triple: [It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City, producer, Mike Appel]
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A.
Mike Appel
chosen
Mike Appel is an American music producer, manager, and songwriter best known for his early work with Bruce Springsteen, including helping launch Springsteen’s career in the 1970s.
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B.
Allan Kayser
Allan Kayser is an American actor best known for playing Bubba Higgins on the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
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C.
Jack Schwartz
Jack Schwartz was an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his contributions to programming languages, parallel computing, and the development of the SETL language.
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D.
Robert Scheifler
Robert Scheifler is a computer scientist best known for leading the development of the X Window System at MIT.
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E.
Bob Siebenberg
Bob Siebenberg is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the British rock band Supertramp, contributing to their classic 1970s and 1980s albums and tours.
- 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_69ca83d22d488190adbce5e020e9cd1d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6b1228748190be0c4afe6e0bd9a3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d05beac7a08190a4e7634bf02ce304 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 12:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:09 p.m.