Triple

T12395364
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marvin Gay Sr. E296102 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.
Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. was an American Pentecostal minister best known as the father of soul singer Marvin Gaye and for fatally shooting his son in 1984.
 E983873 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: Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. | Statement: [Marvin Gay Sr., name, Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.
Context triple: [Marvin Gay Sr., name, Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.]
  • A. Marvin Yancy
    Marvin Yancy was an American gospel musician, pastor, and producer best known for his work in gospel and R&B music during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Melvin Gregg
    Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
  • C. Marvin Humes
    Marvin Humes is a British singer, DJ, and television presenter best known as a member of the boy band JLS and as a host on shows such as The Voice UK and various BBC radio programs.
  • D. Alvin Saunders
    Alvin Saunders was a 19th-century American politician who served as the governor of the Nebraska Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nebraska.
  • E. Melvin Walker
    Melvin Walker was a son of pioneering African American businesswoman and banker Maggie L. Walker.
  • 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: Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.
Triple: [Marvin Gay Sr., name, Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.]
Generated description
Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. was an American Pentecostal minister best known as the father of soul singer Marvin Gaye and for fatally shooting his son in 1984.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Marvin Pentz Gay Sr.
Target entity description: Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. was an American Pentecostal minister best known as the father of soul singer Marvin Gaye and for fatally shooting his son in 1984.
  • A. Marvin Yancy
    Marvin Yancy was an American gospel musician, pastor, and producer best known for his work in gospel and R&B music during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. Melvin Gregg
    Melvin Gregg is an American actor and former Vine personality known for his roles in film and television, including the series "Nine Perfect Strangers."
  • C. Marvin Humes
    Marvin Humes is a British singer, DJ, and television presenter best known as a member of the boy band JLS and as a host on shows such as The Voice UK and various BBC radio programs.
  • D. Alvin Saunders
    Alvin Saunders was a 19th-century American politician who served as the governor of the Nebraska Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nebraska.
  • E. Melvin Walker
    Melvin Walker was a son of pioneering African American businesswoman and banker Maggie L. Walker.
  • 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_69d6ad9e653c8190b1473c860ee53dae completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93fd33f048190b205fd21dc513f6a completed April 10, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63efa1520819093cdf6ab3025ab20 completed May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f640ef7dd08190bf78d04cffac1a44 completed May 2, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f641abe114819093d99a327f2220c2 completed May 2, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.