Triple

T1129564
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Funny Girl E24796 entity
Predicate lyricsBy P1141 FINISHED
Object Bob Merrill
Bob Merrill was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
E146552 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: Bob Merrill | Statement: [Funny Girl, lyricsBy, Bob Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Merrill
Context triple: [Funny Girl, lyricsBy, Bob Merrill]
  • A. Gordon MacRae
    Gordon MacRae was an American actor and singer best known for his leading roles in classic Hollywood film musicals such as "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel."
  • B. Mel Tormé
    Mel Tormé was an American jazz singer, composer, and actor, celebrated for his smooth vocal style and known as "The Velvet Fog."
  • C. Perry Como
    Perry Como was an American singer and television personality renowned for his smooth baritone voice, relaxed crooning style, and decades-long presence as a popular music and TV star in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Bobby Darin
    Bobby Darin was an American singer, songwriter, and actor known for his versatile pop, jazz, and rock performances, with hits like "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea."
  • E. Ray Kaskey
    Ray Kaskey is an American sculptor best known for creating large-scale public monuments and architectural sculptures, including the bronze eagles and wreaths at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • 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: Bob Merrill
Triple: [Funny Girl, lyricsBy, Bob Merrill]
Generated description
Bob Merrill was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Merrill
Target entity description: Bob Merrill was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Gordon MacRae
    Gordon MacRae was an American actor and singer best known for his leading roles in classic Hollywood film musicals such as "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel."
  • B. Mel Tormé
    Mel Tormé was an American jazz singer, composer, and actor, celebrated for his smooth vocal style and known as "The Velvet Fog."
  • C. Perry Como
    Perry Como was an American singer and television personality renowned for his smooth baritone voice, relaxed crooning style, and decades-long presence as a popular music and TV star in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Bobby Darin
    Bobby Darin was an American singer, songwriter, and actor known for his versatile pop, jazz, and rock performances, with hits like "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea."
  • E. Ray Kaskey
    Ray Kaskey is an American sculptor best known for creating large-scale public monuments and architectural sculptures, including the bronze eagles and wreaths at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  • 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_69a4940712c88190aa244f3fc6070a65 completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbf979108190adad7073c8275dd2 completed March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aca2e36fc081908de3b67293c7bbf6 completed March 7, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aca391037c8190b6f256fcd1ac882e completed March 7, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aca42e7c74819089666f4940ea6d4d completed March 7, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.