Triple
T15293512
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Herb |
E365590
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedBy |
P260
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herb Jeffries
Herb Jeffries was an American jazz and popular music singer and actor, best known as the “Bronze Buckaroo” for his pioneering roles in all-Black Western films and as a vocalist with Duke Ellington’s orchestra.
|
E1148744
|
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: Herb Jeffries | Statement: [Herb, usedBy, Herb Jeffries]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Jeffries Context triple: [Herb, usedBy, Herb Jeffries]
-
A.
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy was a popular American baritone singer and film actor best known for his musical films of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly his collaborations with Jeanette MacDonald.
-
B.
Leroy McClain
Leroy McClain is a British-American actor known for his work in television, film, and theater, including his role as Shy Baldwin in *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*.
-
C.
Otto Hunte
Otto Hunte was a prominent German film art director and production designer best known for his influential work on classic Weimar-era films, including Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.
-
D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
-
E.
Mack Swain
Mack Swain was an American silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin and his roles in early slapstick comedies.
- 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: Herb Jeffries Triple: [Herb, usedBy, Herb Jeffries]
Generated description
Herb Jeffries was an American jazz and popular music singer and actor, best known as the “Bronze Buckaroo” for his pioneering roles in all-Black Western films and as a vocalist with Duke Ellington’s orchestra.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Jeffries Target entity description: Herb Jeffries was an American jazz and popular music singer and actor, best known as the “Bronze Buckaroo” for his pioneering roles in all-Black Western films and as a vocalist with Duke Ellington’s orchestra.
-
A.
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy was a popular American baritone singer and film actor best known for his musical films of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly his collaborations with Jeanette MacDonald.
-
B.
Leroy McClain
Leroy McClain is a British-American actor known for his work in television, film, and theater, including his role as Shy Baldwin in *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*.
-
C.
Otto Hunte
Otto Hunte was a prominent German film art director and production designer best known for his influential work on classic Weimar-era films, including Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.
-
D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
-
E.
Mack Swain
Mack Swain was an American silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin and his roles in early slapstick comedies.
- 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_69d85a103d9081908c1ea6c4c73ac8e3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03682ea488190ac82fdbd0e855d34 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69feef7f2fc08190937226dad5fdc9c6 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fef20cdf108190a871a862187b692d |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fef2763790819093f76786c5be01df |
completed | May 9, 2026, 8:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:15 a.m.