Triple

T1268670
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MCA Records E15659 entity
Predicate notableArtist P601 FINISHED
Object Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band known for its sophisticated studio production, jazz-influenced compositions, and wry, literate lyrics.
 E145030 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: Steely Dan | Statement: [MCA Records, notableArtist, Steely Dan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steely Dan
Context triple: [MCA Records, notableArtist, Steely Dan]
  • A. Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead was an influential American rock band known for its improvisational live performances, eclectic fusion of musical styles, and devoted fan base known as "Deadheads."
  • B. Styx
    Styx is a small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, located between the orbits of Charon and Nix in the Pluto system.
  • C. E Street Band
    The E Street Band is the longtime backing group renowned for its energetic live performances and recordings with American rock musician Bruce Springsteen.
  • D. The Stills-Young Band
    The Stills-Young Band was a short-lived 1970s rock collaboration between Neil Young and Stephen Stills, known for blending folk-rock and hard rock elements.
  • E. The Allman Brothers Band
    The Allman Brothers Band was a pioneering American rock group known for blending blues, jazz, and country into a distinctive Southern rock sound and for their influential improvisational live performances.
  • 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: Steely Dan
Triple: [MCA Records, notableArtist, Steely Dan]
Generated description
Steely Dan is an American rock band known for its sophisticated studio production, jazz-influenced compositions, and wry, literate lyrics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Steely Dan
Target entity description: Steely Dan is an American rock band known for its sophisticated studio production, jazz-influenced compositions, and wry, literate lyrics.
  • A. Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead was an influential American rock band known for its improvisational live performances, eclectic fusion of musical styles, and devoted fan base known as "Deadheads."
  • B. Styx
    Styx is a small outer moon of the dwarf planet Pluto, located between the orbits of Charon and Nix in the Pluto system.
  • C. E Street Band
    The E Street Band is the longtime backing group renowned for its energetic live performances and recordings with American rock musician Bruce Springsteen.
  • D. The Stills-Young Band
    The Stills-Young Band was a short-lived 1970s rock collaboration between Neil Young and Stephen Stills, known for blending folk-rock and hard rock elements.
  • E. The Allman Brothers Band
    The Allman Brothers Band was a pioneering American rock group known for blending blues, jazz, and country into a distinctive Southern rock sound and for their influential improvisational live performances.
  • 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_69a4935a94308190bb92555b79032824 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c03aaa8c8190bacb7de5a38329da completed March 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac99898bdc8190bbbe28083b4a548b completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9abcc2ec8190acdec5d7cbf42b42 completed March 7, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9b1ea9c48190ad1520f2f67111dd completed March 7, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.