Triple

T12275502
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ali-Ollie Woodson E292576 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters
Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters was a touring vocal group led by original Drifters member Bill Pinkney that preserved and performed the classic R&B and doo-wop sound of The Drifters.
E974802 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: Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters | Statement: [Ali-Ollie Woodson, associatedAct, Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters
Context triple: [Ali-Ollie Woodson, associatedAct, Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters]
  • A. The Drifters
    The Drifters are an American doo-wop and R&B vocal group famed for classic hits like "Under the Boardwalk" and "Save the Last Dance for Me."
  • B. Otis Williams and the Charms
    Otis Williams and the Charms were a 1950s American R&B and doo-wop vocal group best known for their smooth harmonies and hits like "Hearts of Stone."
  • C. Maurice Williams
    Maurice Williams is a writer best known for his work on the animated television special and series "Entergalactic," created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris.
  • D. Harold Melvin
    Harold Melvin was an American R&B and soul singer, best known as the leader of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, a pivotal group in the 1970s Philadelphia soul movement.
  • E. Barrett Strong
    Barrett Strong was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing several Motown classics, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."
  • 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: Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters
Triple: [Ali-Ollie Woodson, associatedAct, Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters]
Generated description
Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters was a touring vocal group led by original Drifters member Bill Pinkney that preserved and performed the classic R&B and doo-wop sound of The Drifters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters
Target entity description: Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters was a touring vocal group led by original Drifters member Bill Pinkney that preserved and performed the classic R&B and doo-wop sound of The Drifters.
  • A. The Drifters
    The Drifters are an American doo-wop and R&B vocal group famed for classic hits like "Under the Boardwalk" and "Save the Last Dance for Me."
  • B. Otis Williams and the Charms
    Otis Williams and the Charms were a 1950s American R&B and doo-wop vocal group best known for their smooth harmonies and hits like "Hearts of Stone."
  • C. Maurice Williams
    Maurice Williams is a writer best known for his work on the animated television special and series "Entergalactic," created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris.
  • D. Harold Melvin
    Harold Melvin was an American R&B and soul singer, best known as the leader of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, a pivotal group in the 1970s Philadelphia soul movement.
  • E. Barrett Strong
    Barrett Strong was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing several Motown classics, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."
  • 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_69d6ab6856488190b5d31178d5015f8e completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cef684081908adaee8e04facc2e completed April 10, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f61e6b50a48190b1beabd149d5830f completed May 2, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f61f9386548190a749445a404db3a2 completed May 2, 2026, 4 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6207f164c8190b663a50ee3c761d6 completed May 2, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:52 p.m.