Triple

T12350039
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tears of a Clown E294458 entity
Predicate album P1995 FINISHED
Object The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album) E294458 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album) | Statement: [The Tears of a Clown, album, The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album)
Context triple: [The Tears of a Clown, album, The Tears of a Clown (UK compilation album)]
  • A. The Tears of a Clown chosen
    "The Tears of a Clown" is a 1970 Motown soul song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, renowned for its upbeat, circus-like melody contrasted with lyrics about hidden heartache.
  • B. Pocket of a Clown
    "Pocket of a Clown" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, known for its blend of traditional honky-tonk style with introspective, emotionally charged lyrics.
  • C. A Thousand Clowns
    A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
  • D. Send in the Clowns
    "Send in the Clowns" is a reflective ballad from the 1973 musical *A Little Night Music* that became one of Stephen Sondheim’s most famous and frequently recorded songs.
  • E. Shakes the Clown
    Shakes the Clown is a 1991 dark comedy film, often described as a cult classic, that satirizes the world of stand-up comedy and clown performers.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d93f7cbff08190849cd2aec4ce3243 completed April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62ab066108190bba8eca95d3e0a81 completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:53 p.m.