Triple

T13944622
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ed Shaughnessy E335347 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band
Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band was the longtime house band for NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” led by trumpeter Doc Severinsen and renowned for its high-energy big band and jazz performances.
E1069363 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: Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band | Statement: [Ed Shaughnessy, memberOf, Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band
Context triple: [Ed Shaughnessy, memberOf, Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band]
  • A. Buddy Rich Big Band
    The Buddy Rich Big Band was a high-energy jazz ensemble led by virtuoso drummer Buddy Rich, renowned for its powerful swing, tight arrangements, and dazzling live performances in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • B. Claude Thornhill Orchestra
    The Claude Thornhill Orchestra was an innovative American big band of the swing and early cool jazz eras, noted for its lush, impressionistic arrangements and influential role in shaping modern jazz orchestration.
  • C. Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
    Leo Reisman and His Orchestra was a popular American dance band of the 1920s–1930s known for its sophisticated arrangements and polished performances of contemporary popular music.
  • D. Woody Herman and His Orchestra
    Woody Herman and His Orchestra was a prominent American big band, especially known for its innovative swing and later bebop-influenced jazz performances from the 1930s onward.
  • E. Benny Goodman Sextet
    The Benny Goodman Sextet was a small jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman, known for its influential swing-era recordings and virtuosic, tightly arranged 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: Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band
Triple: [Ed Shaughnessy, memberOf, Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band]
Generated description
Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band was the longtime house band for NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” led by trumpeter Doc Severinsen and renowned for its high-energy big band and jazz performances.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band
Target entity description: Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band was the longtime house band for NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” led by trumpeter Doc Severinsen and renowned for its high-energy big band and jazz performances.
  • A. Buddy Rich Big Band
    The Buddy Rich Big Band was a high-energy jazz ensemble led by virtuoso drummer Buddy Rich, renowned for its powerful swing, tight arrangements, and dazzling live performances in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • B. Claude Thornhill Orchestra
    The Claude Thornhill Orchestra was an innovative American big band of the swing and early cool jazz eras, noted for its lush, impressionistic arrangements and influential role in shaping modern jazz orchestration.
  • C. Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
    Leo Reisman and His Orchestra was a popular American dance band of the 1920s–1930s known for its sophisticated arrangements and polished performances of contemporary popular music.
  • D. Woody Herman and His Orchestra
    Woody Herman and His Orchestra was a prominent American big band, especially known for its innovative swing and later bebop-influenced jazz performances from the 1930s onward.
  • E. Benny Goodman Sextet
    The Benny Goodman Sextet was a small jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Benny Goodman, known for its influential swing-era recordings and virtuosic, tightly arranged 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_69d81c6081b88190b53e317c3370c8fe completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e10f60c81908ee9636e85c070ff completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7ce8da5908190aab069dc9b74b083 completed May 3, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7cf47d05481909b06b37ac1ed5427 completed May 3, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7cfee80a881909de648b20043bf6d completed May 3, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.