Triple

T12345995
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Ruffin E294355 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Davis Eli Ruffin
Davis Eli Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as a lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era.
E982740 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: Davis Eli Ruffin | Statement: [David Ruffin, fullName, Davis Eli Ruffin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davis Eli Ruffin
Context triple: [David Ruffin, fullName, Davis Eli Ruffin]
  • A. Mims Ufgood
    Mims Ufgood is one of Willow Ufgood’s children in the fantasy film "Willow," appearing as part of his family in the Nelwyn village.
  • B. Jameel Bruner
    Jameel Bruner is an American musician and keyboardist, known for his work in the R&B/neo-soul scene and as a former member of the band The Internet.
  • C. Darius Epps
    Darius Epps is a quirky, philosophical, and eccentric friend of Earn and Alfred in the television series "Atlanta," known for his offbeat wisdom and surreal adventures.
  • D. Meldrick Lewis
    Meldrick Lewis is a central detective character on the television crime drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," known for his streetwise demeanor and sharp investigative instincts.
  • E. Charles Duncan O’Neal
    Charles Duncan O’Neal was a Barbadian physician, social reformer, and political leader celebrated for championing workers’ rights and democratic reforms in early 20th-century Barbados.
  • 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: Davis Eli Ruffin
Triple: [David Ruffin, fullName, Davis Eli Ruffin]
Generated description
Davis Eli Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as a lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Davis Eli Ruffin
Target entity description: Davis Eli Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as a lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era.
  • A. Mims Ufgood
    Mims Ufgood is one of Willow Ufgood’s children in the fantasy film "Willow," appearing as part of his family in the Nelwyn village.
  • B. Jameel Bruner
    Jameel Bruner is an American musician and keyboardist, known for his work in the R&B/neo-soul scene and as a former member of the band The Internet.
  • C. Darius Epps
    Darius Epps is a quirky, philosophical, and eccentric friend of Earn and Alfred in the television series "Atlanta," known for his offbeat wisdom and surreal adventures.
  • D. Meldrick Lewis
    Meldrick Lewis is a central detective character on the television crime drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," known for his streetwise demeanor and sharp investigative instincts.
  • E. Charles Duncan O’Neal
    Charles Duncan O’Neal was a Barbadian physician, social reformer, and political leader celebrated for championing workers’ rights and democratic reforms in early 20th-century Barbados.
  • 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_69d6ab6ccbec8190b09e2d357aa80064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f7a4a448190aa70d66dc2f406c1 completed April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6346dd09481908f4c80e89e2f4705 completed May 2, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f63674aa3c81908ba82a9d246b3b3a completed May 2, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63a9b32fc8190ab98492ff91d2a66 completed May 2, 2026, 5:55 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.