Triple

T11782825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clarence LaVaughn Franklin E280192 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
E949619 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: Erma Franklin | Statement: [Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, child, Erma Franklin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erma Franklin
Context triple: [Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, child, Erma Franklin]
  • A. Thelma Evans
    Thelma Evans is a central character on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known as the smart, independent, and strong-willed daughter of the Evans family.
  • B. Irma Thomas
    Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
  • C. Ruth Brown
    Ruth Brown was an influential American R&B singer known as the "Queen of R&B" whose 1950s hits helped shape the sound of early rock and roll.
  • D. Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
  • E. Tammi Terrell
    Tammi Terrell was an American soul singer best known for her classic Motown duets with Marvin Gaye, including hits like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
  • 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: Erma Franklin
Triple: [Clarence LaVaughn Franklin, child, Erma Franklin]
Generated description
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erma Franklin
Target entity description: Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
  • A. Thelma Evans
    Thelma Evans is a central character on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known as the smart, independent, and strong-willed daughter of the Evans family.
  • B. Irma Thomas
    Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
  • C. Ruth Brown
    Ruth Brown was an influential American R&B singer known as the "Queen of R&B" whose 1950s hits helped shape the sound of early rock and roll.
  • D. Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
  • E. Tammi Terrell
    Tammi Terrell was an American soul singer best known for her classic Motown duets with Marvin Gaye, including hits like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
  • 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_69d6ab258b808190b1735835c841e3a4 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a58413048190b9e3b9d2f5383ec3 completed April 10, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f166c735008190a73dd74dbcddd182 completed April 29, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f16e31ebfc81908255e24b96bf9a99 completed April 29, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f1a09eae7481908200709ae9721d53 completed April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.