Triple

T9701896
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boz Scaggs E234796 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Royce Scaggs
William Royce Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for his smooth blend of rock, soul, and R&B, particularly on his hit 1976 album "Silk Degrees."
 E814396 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: William Royce Scaggs | Statement: [Boz Scaggs, birthName, William Royce Scaggs]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Royce Scaggs
Context triple: [Boz Scaggs, birthName, William Royce Scaggs]
  • A. David Skaggs
    David Skaggs is an American politician and former U.S. Representative from Colorado known for his work on government ethics, national security, and public service.
  • B. Michael McLean
    Michael McLean is one of the sons of actress and model Gloria Hatrick McLean, who was later married to Hollywood star James Stewart.
  • C. Ned Ryerson
    Ned Ryerson is the overly enthusiastic insurance salesman and former classmate who repeatedly accosts Phil Connors in the film "Groundhog Day."
  • D. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • E. Sam Giddings
    Sam Giddings is a central playable protagonist in the horror video game Until Dawn, known for her resourcefulness, moral compass, and strong chances of survival depending on player choices.
  • 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: William Royce Scaggs
Triple: [Boz Scaggs, birthName, William Royce Scaggs]
Generated description
William Royce Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for his smooth blend of rock, soul, and R&B, particularly on his hit 1976 album "Silk Degrees."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Royce Scaggs
Target entity description: William Royce Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for his smooth blend of rock, soul, and R&B, particularly on his hit 1976 album "Silk Degrees."
  • A. David Skaggs
    David Skaggs is an American politician and former U.S. Representative from Colorado known for his work on government ethics, national security, and public service.
  • B. Michael McLean
    Michael McLean is one of the sons of actress and model Gloria Hatrick McLean, who was later married to Hollywood star James Stewart.
  • C. Ned Ryerson
    Ned Ryerson is the overly enthusiastic insurance salesman and former classmate who repeatedly accosts Phil Connors in the film "Groundhog Day."
  • D. Sam O'Steen
    Sam O'Steen was an acclaimed American film editor best known for his work on influential films such as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Cool Hand Luke."
  • E. Sam Giddings
    Sam Giddings is a central playable protagonist in the horror video game Until Dawn, known for her resourcefulness, moral compass, and strong chances of survival depending on player choices.
  • 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_69ca84cc78808190a56f3402b7c139a7 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9d7283188190bd50e18f643ad0d3 completed April 1, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1912e645881908d223a93f3ee61da completed April 4, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d191ea02e8819097e5a4247a8084f6 completed April 4, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d19251095881909272c53c026b2ad1 completed April 4, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:18 p.m.