Triple

T12379728
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Contours E295713 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Dennis Edwards
Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a lead vocalist for The Temptations during their late-1960s and 1970s psychedelic soul era.
E164973 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: Dennis Edwards | Statement: [The Contours, notableMember, Dennis Edwards]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Edwards
Context triple: [The Contours, notableMember, Dennis Edwards]
  • A. Dennis Edwards
    Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a lead vocalist for The Temptations during their late-1960s and 1970s psychedelic soul era.
  • B. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • C. Fred Wesley
    Fred Wesley is an American trombonist, composer, and bandleader best known for his influential work with James Brown and as a key architect of the funk genre.
  • D. Levi Stubbs
    Levi Stubbs was the powerful lead vocalist of the Motown group The Four Tops, renowned for his emotive baritone voice on hits like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)."
  • E. Eddie Floyd
    Eddie Floyd is an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter best known for his 1966 hit "Knock on Wood" and his influential work in the classic Stax Records era.
  • 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: Dennis Edwards
Triple: [The Contours, notableMember, Dennis Edwards]
Generated description
Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a lead vocalist for The Temptations during their late-1960s and 1970s psychedelic soul era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dennis Edwards
Target entity description: Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a lead vocalist for The Temptations during their late-1960s and 1970s psychedelic soul era.
  • A. Dennis Edwards chosen
    Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer best known as a lead vocalist for The Temptations during their late-1960s and 1970s psychedelic soul era.
  • B. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • C. Fred Wesley
    Fred Wesley is an American trombonist, composer, and bandleader best known for his influential work with James Brown and as a key architect of the funk genre.
  • D. Levi Stubbs
    Levi Stubbs was the powerful lead vocalist of the Motown group The Four Tops, renowned for his emotive baritone voice on hits like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)."
  • E. Eddie Floyd
    Eddie Floyd is an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter best known for his 1966 hit "Knock on Wood" and his influential work in the classic Stax Records era.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fb9eca48190aa6612ffc5ed0df2 completed April 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f655608a0c81908002f9d79d017ded completed May 2, 2026, 7:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6566dccc0819085e059c7b0288f6c completed May 2, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65799ca588190b9f7a07f5c1a842c completed May 2, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.