Triple
T10244630
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Chi-Lites |
E240180
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert "Squirrel" Lester
Robert "Squirrel" Lester was an American singer and guitarist best known as a longtime member of the Chicago soul and R&B group The Chi-Lites.
|
E853591
|
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: Robert "Squirrel" Lester | Statement: [The Chi-Lites, notableMember, Robert "Squirrel" Lester]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert "Squirrel" Lester Context triple: [The Chi-Lites, notableMember, Robert "Squirrel" Lester]
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A.
Don Robinson
Don Robinson is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates and his role as both a starter and reliever in the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Lester Neil Smith III
Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American science fiction author and libertarian activist noted for his libertarian-themed alternate history and space opera novels.
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C.
Bill Strother
Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
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D.
Lester Billings
Lester Billings is the troubled protagonist of Stephen King’s short horror story “The Boogeyman,” a man haunted by the mysterious deaths of his children and his belief in a supernatural killer.
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E.
Lester Krinklesac
Lester Krinklesac is a dim-witted yet good-natured redneck character from the animated TV series "The Cleveland Show."
- 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: Robert "Squirrel" Lester Triple: [The Chi-Lites, notableMember, Robert "Squirrel" Lester]
Generated description
Robert "Squirrel" Lester was an American singer and guitarist best known as a longtime member of the Chicago soul and R&B group The Chi-Lites.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert "Squirrel" Lester Target entity description: Robert "Squirrel" Lester was an American singer and guitarist best known as a longtime member of the Chicago soul and R&B group The Chi-Lites.
-
A.
Don Robinson
Don Robinson is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his long career primarily with the Pittsburgh Pirates and his role as both a starter and reliever in the 1970s and 1980s.
-
B.
Lester Neil Smith III
Lester Neil Smith III, better known as L. Neil Smith, was an American science fiction author and libertarian activist noted for his libertarian-themed alternate history and space opera novels.
-
C.
Bill Strother
Bill Strother was an American actor and professional "human fly" stunt climber best known for his daring skyscraper-climbing role alongside Harold Lloyd in the silent film era.
-
D.
Lester Billings
Lester Billings is the troubled protagonist of Stephen King’s short horror story “The Boogeyman,” a man haunted by the mysterious deaths of his children and his belief in a supernatural killer.
-
E.
Lester Krinklesac
Lester Krinklesac is a dim-witted yet good-natured redneck character from the animated TV series "The Cleveland Show."
- 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_69d381a7e198819090280d5ab885d59e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d22be0208190b671a4e3f81d11b8 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6f79c20e08190928d061b3d4b4e47 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6fa303d4c8190b9f1c3addf7d8b09 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d6ff301d488190b18f1e02bbf1dada |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:26 a.m.