Triple

T1223092
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Way We Were E26267 entity
Predicate titleSongLyricist P1360 FINISHED
Object Alan Bergman
Alan Bergman is an American lyricist renowned for his long-running songwriting partnership with his wife Marilyn Bergman, together creating numerous acclaimed film and television songs.
E139556 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Alan Bergman | Statement: [The Way We Were, titleSongLyricist, Alan Bergman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Bergman
Context triple: [The Way We Were, titleSongLyricist, Alan Bergman]
  • A. Mack David
    Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter known for his popular song adaptations and contributions to film and television music.
  • B. Alan Jay Lerner
    Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist best known for his collaborations with composer Frederick Loewe on classic Broadway and film musicals such as "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot."
  • C. Sammy Cahn
    Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist renowned for his prolific output of popular standards and multiple Oscar-winning film songs, including classics like "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "All the Way."
  • D. David Newman
    David Newman is an American film composer known for scoring numerous Hollywood movies and continuing the Newman family’s influential legacy in film music.
  • E. Jimmy Van Heusen
    Jimmy Van Heusen was an American composer and songwriter renowned for his prolific work in film and popular music, including numerous standards written for Frank Sinatra and multiple Academy Award–winning songs.
  • 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: Alan Bergman
Triple: [The Way We Were, titleSongLyricist, Alan Bergman]
Generated description
Alan Bergman is an American lyricist renowned for his long-running songwriting partnership with his wife Marilyn Bergman, together creating numerous acclaimed film and television songs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Bergman
Target entity description: Alan Bergman is an American lyricist renowned for his long-running songwriting partnership with his wife Marilyn Bergman, together creating numerous acclaimed film and television songs.
  • A. Mack David
    Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter known for his popular song adaptations and contributions to film and television music.
  • B. Alan Jay Lerner
    Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist best known for his collaborations with composer Frederick Loewe on classic Broadway and film musicals such as "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot."
  • C. Sammy Cahn
    Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist renowned for his prolific output of popular standards and multiple Oscar-winning film songs, including classics like "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "All the Way."
  • D. David Newman
    David Newman is an American film composer known for scoring numerous Hollywood movies and continuing the Newman family’s influential legacy in film music.
  • E. Jimmy Van Heusen
    Jimmy Van Heusen was an American composer and songwriter renowned for his prolific work in film and popular music, including numerous standards written for Frank Sinatra and multiple Academy Award–winning songs.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: titleSongLyricist
Context triple: [The Way We Were, titleSongLyricist, Alan Bergman]
  • A. lyricsBy
    Indicates that the lyrics of a song or musical work were written or authored by a specified person or entity.
  • B. lyricist chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the writer of the words (lyrics) for a musical work associated with another entity.
  • C. hasLyric
    Indicates that one entity (typically a musical work or track) contains or is associated with the lyrics provided by another entity.
  • D. includesMusicAndLyrics
    Indicates that something contains both the musical composition and the accompanying song lyrics as integral parts.
  • E. officialSongPerformer
    Indicates that the subject is the performer officially designated as performing the specified song.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be21a2bc819094b47580d7c5cdf8 completed March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac832508c881908ea01e0b7c7e53eb completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac83e914b88190b689995a3c38d6cf completed March 7, 2026, 8 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8461940c819088359a448171455e completed March 7, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a4bb644af08190ba25905f20adb01a completed March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.