Triple

T14327472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crash Test Dummies E355250 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Brad Roberts
Brad Roberts is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known as the deep-voiced lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the rock band Crash Test Dummies.
 E1094231 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: Brad Roberts | Statement: [Crash Test Dummies, hasMember, Brad Roberts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brad Roberts
Context triple: [Crash Test Dummies, hasMember, Brad Roberts]
  • A. Sean Blumberg
    Sean Blumberg is a character portrayed by Greg Grunberg on the television series "Felicity," where he appears as one of the main character's close friends.
  • B. Jeff Carlson
    Jeff Carlson is an individual known primarily as the brother of Steve Carlson.
  • C. John Berman
    John Berman is an American journalist and television news anchor best known for his work on CNN, including co-anchoring major news programs and special event coverage.
  • D. Brian Resnick
    Brian Resnick is a journalist known for his science and health reporting, particularly his explanatory work at outlets like Vox.
  • E. Stephen Colletti
    Stephen Colletti is an American actor and television personality best known for appearing on the reality series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" and later starring on the drama series "One Tree Hill."
  • 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: Brad Roberts
Triple: [Crash Test Dummies, hasMember, Brad Roberts]
Generated description
Brad Roberts is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known as the deep-voiced lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the rock band Crash Test Dummies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Brad Roberts
Target entity description: Brad Roberts is a Canadian singer-songwriter best known as the deep-voiced lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the rock band Crash Test Dummies.
  • A. Sean Blumberg
    Sean Blumberg is a character portrayed by Greg Grunberg on the television series "Felicity," where he appears as one of the main character's close friends.
  • B. Jeff Carlson
    Jeff Carlson is an individual known primarily as the brother of Steve Carlson.
  • C. John Berman
    John Berman is an American journalist and television news anchor best known for his work on CNN, including co-anchoring major news programs and special event coverage.
  • D. Brian Resnick
    Brian Resnick is a journalist known for his science and health reporting, particularly his explanatory work at outlets like Vox.
  • E. Stephen Colletti
    Stephen Colletti is an American actor and television personality best known for appearing on the reality series "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" and later starring on the drama series "One Tree Hill."
  • 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_69d8278fa2108190bc0d0e7939c1eb03 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de8c1c3e70819084b6728ac5c18561 completed April 14, 2026, 6:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd46927af48190b91095d852fcacbe completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd47fa764c8190b1d691f5847b7a05 completed May 8, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd492226888190a014b23e506ab19c completed May 8, 2026, 2:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.