Triple

T15900792
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Waitresses E385582 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Billy James
Billy James is a musician best known as a member of the American new wave band The Waitresses.
E1182987 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: Billy James | Statement: [The Waitresses, hasMember, Billy James]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy James
Context triple: [The Waitresses, hasMember, Billy James]
  • A. Billy James
    Billy James is a musician best known for composing the soundtrack to the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
  • B. Joseph James
    Joseph James is best known as the former husband of American actress and singer Countess Vaughn.
  • C. Jose James
    Jose James is an American vocalist and songwriter known for blending jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B into a contemporary, genre-crossing sound.
  • D. John Billy
    "John Billy" is a short story by David Foster Wallace, featured in his collection *Girl with Curious Hair*, known for its experimental style and darkly comic exploration of American culture.
  • E. Larry James
    Larry James was an American sprinter best known for winning gold and silver medals in the 400 meters and 4×400-meter relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
  • 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: Billy James
Triple: [The Waitresses, hasMember, Billy James]
Generated description
Billy James is a musician best known as a member of the American new wave band The Waitresses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy James
Target entity description: Billy James is a musician best known as a member of the American new wave band The Waitresses.
  • A. Billy James
    Billy James is a musician best known for composing the soundtrack to the 1971 road movie "Two-Lane Blacktop."
  • B. Joseph James
    Joseph James is best known as the former husband of American actress and singer Countess Vaughn.
  • C. Jose James
    Jose James is an American vocalist and songwriter known for blending jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B into a contemporary, genre-crossing sound.
  • D. John Billy
    "John Billy" is a short story by David Foster Wallace, featured in his collection *Girl with Curious Hair*, known for its experimental style and darkly comic exploration of American culture.
  • E. Larry James
    Larry James was an American sprinter best known for winning gold and silver medals in the 400 meters and 4×400-meter relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
  • 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_69d86da5b800819083a31be937d738b0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1563cd2f081909404d724ecc8785a completed April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb04f3ea08190b5581768770677e8 completed May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb13fdb6c819091c3ee5c1f199031 completed May 9, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb208aef881909b3a00e0015c27df completed May 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.