Triple

T1230539
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Edition E26429 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Mr. Telephone Man
"Mr. Telephone Man" is a 1984 R&B single by New Edition, known for its catchy melody and narrative about phone-line heartbreak.
 E140494 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: Mr. Telephone Man | Statement: [New Edition, notableWork, Mr. Telephone Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mr. Telephone Man
Context triple: [New Edition, notableWork, Mr. Telephone Man]
  • A. Call You Tonight
    "Call You Tonight" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
  • B. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
    "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" is a 1983 synth-pop song by Scottish singer Sheena Easton that became one of her notable hits in the early 1980s.
  • C. The Man That Got Away
    "The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.
  • D. The Phone Booth
    The Phone Booth is a nickname for the MCI Center, a former multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C.
  • E. A Friendly Call
    "A Friendly Call" is an 1895 oil painting by American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, depicting two elegantly dressed women conversing in a refined domestic interior.
  • 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: Mr. Telephone Man
Triple: [New Edition, notableWork, Mr. Telephone Man]
Generated description
"Mr. Telephone Man" is a 1984 R&B single by New Edition, known for its catchy melody and narrative about phone-line heartbreak.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mr. Telephone Man
Target entity description: "Mr. Telephone Man" is a 1984 R&B single by New Edition, known for its catchy melody and narrative about phone-line heartbreak.
  • A. Call You Tonight
    "Call You Tonight" is a song by Whitney Houston from her 2009 comeback album "I Look to You."
  • B. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
    "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" is a 1983 synth-pop song by Scottish singer Sheena Easton that became one of her notable hits in the early 1980s.
  • C. The Man That Got Away
    "The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.
  • D. The Phone Booth
    The Phone Booth is a nickname for the MCI Center, a former multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C.
  • E. A Friendly Call
    "A Friendly Call" is an 1895 oil painting by American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, depicting two elegantly dressed women conversing in a refined domestic interior.
  • 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_69a4948571c88190a9191e451e6035fd completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be585674819099218b19ca9e7c66 completed March 1, 2026, 10:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8a1457a08190aef2f7fed6c6725f completed March 7, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8a73ac2c8190a5617c6f3d4ae5d1 completed March 7, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac8afa5a4881908d8373915eaafb5b completed March 7, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.