Triple

T10006270
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Don Was E198250 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Donald Fagenson
Donald Fagenson, better known as Don Was, is an American musician and Grammy-winning record producer renowned for his work with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Dylan.
E968892 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: Donald Fagenson | Statement: [Don Was, birthName, Donald Fagenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Fagenson
Context triple: [Don Was, birthName, Donald Fagenson]
  • A. John L. Balderston
    John L. Balderston was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting classic horror and fantasy works such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" for stage and screen.
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Milton Finger
    Milton "Bill" Finger was an American comic book writer best known as the uncredited co-creator and key architect of Batman and his mythos for DC Comics.
  • D. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • E. William Froug
    William Froug was an American television producer, writer, and educator best known for his work on classic series such as The Twilight Zone.
  • 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: Donald Fagenson
Triple: [Don Was, birthName, Donald Fagenson]
Generated description
Donald Fagenson, better known as Don Was, is an American musician and Grammy-winning record producer renowned for his work with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Dylan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Fagenson
Target entity description: Donald Fagenson, better known as Don Was, is an American musician and Grammy-winning record producer renowned for his work with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Dylan.
  • A. John L. Balderston
    John L. Balderston was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for adapting classic horror and fantasy works such as "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" for stage and screen.
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Milton Finger
    Milton "Bill" Finger was an American comic book writer best known as the uncredited co-creator and key architect of Batman and his mythos for DC Comics.
  • D. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • E. William Froug
    William Froug was an American television producer, writer, and educator best known for his work on classic series such as The Twilight Zone.
  • 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_69ca830fcca48190bbbd9b20c233835f completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdcd16afb481909a5d5893e024683f completed April 2, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60a4d8a3481909c7f8a529d0051c2 completed May 2, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60bda16e48190af8abc0aa8ef41f0 completed May 2, 2026, 2:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60cd1668881908f43d895fcfba0aa completed May 2, 2026, 2:40 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:51 p.m.