Triple

T1249585
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Carlos Santana E26842 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
 E143569 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: Rob Thomas | Statement: [Carlos Santana, collaboratedWith, Rob Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rob Thomas
Context triple: [Carlos Santana, collaboratedWith, Rob Thomas]
  • A. Butch Walker
    Butch Walker is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and acclaimed record producer known for his work with major rock and pop artists.
  • B. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • C. Michael Penn
    Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
  • D. Craig Bierko
    Craig Bierko is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing charismatic or villainous roles.
  • E. Gavin DeGraw
    Gavin DeGraw is an American singer-songwriter best known for his soulful pop-rock hits like "I Don't Want to Be" and "Chariot."
  • 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: Rob Thomas
Triple: [Carlos Santana, collaboratedWith, Rob Thomas]
Generated description
Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Rob Thomas
Target entity description: Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
  • A. Butch Walker
    Butch Walker is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and acclaimed record producer known for his work with major rock and pop artists.
  • B. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • C. Michael Penn
    Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
  • D. Craig Bierko
    Craig Bierko is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing charismatic or villainous roles.
  • E. Gavin DeGraw
    Gavin DeGraw is an American singer-songwriter best known for his soulful pop-rock hits like "I Don't Want to Be" and "Chariot."
  • 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_69a49487a9c48190ba9b05348fd1b53f completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bf83b32c81908648e5748b897247 completed March 1, 2026, 10:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac93c420f08190a6eda4d0aa498a3a completed March 7, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac94ed24108190b0118317717070b2 completed March 7, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac955c94e481908ada73691ae5f1be completed March 7, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.