Triple
T13072659
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Uptown Funk |
E329492
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lonnie Simmons
Lonnie Simmons is an American music producer and songwriter best known for his influential work in funk and R&B, particularly with The Gap Band.
|
E1023299
|
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: Lonnie Simmons | Statement: [Uptown Funk, writer, Lonnie Simmons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lonnie Simmons Context triple: [Uptown Funk, writer, Lonnie Simmons]
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A.
Lonnie Lynn
Lonnie Lynn was an American jazz musician and poet best known as the father of rapper Common and for his spoken-word appearances on his son's albums.
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B.
Lonnie Fuller
Lonnie Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Fuller.
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C.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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D.
Lonnie Wilson
Lonnie Wilson is an American country music songwriter and drummer known for co-writing several hit songs for major country artists.
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E.
Lonnie E. Smith
Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.
- 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: Lonnie Simmons Triple: [Uptown Funk, writer, Lonnie Simmons]
Generated description
Lonnie Simmons is an American music producer and songwriter best known for his influential work in funk and R&B, particularly with The Gap Band.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lonnie Simmons Target entity description: Lonnie Simmons is an American music producer and songwriter best known for his influential work in funk and R&B, particularly with The Gap Band.
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A.
Lonnie Lynn
Lonnie Lynn was an American jazz musician and poet best known as the father of rapper Common and for his spoken-word appearances on his son's albums.
-
B.
Lonnie Fuller
Lonnie Fuller is an individual notable enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Fuller.
-
C.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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D.
Lonnie Wilson
Lonnie Wilson is an American country music songwriter and drummer known for co-writing several hit songs for major country artists.
-
E.
Lonnie E. Smith
Lonnie E. Smith was an African American voter whose challenge to racially discriminatory primary elections led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Smith v. Allwright (1944), which struck down white-only primaries.
- 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_69d80771749c81909a6d9197b9504872 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d981160e388190bab942a2ded2903e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6e27058dc8190a64e1a929f296619 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6e6a8b15081908d80cd63b0c423f6 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6e7490cc48190b596338cd3a0fd22 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9 p.m.