Triple

T15958294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chick Webb E386991 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Henry Webb
William Henry Webb, better known as Chick Webb, was a pioneering American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who became one of the most influential figures of the big band era.
 E1207081 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: William Henry Webb | Statement: [Chick Webb, birthName, William Henry Webb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Henry Webb
Context triple: [Chick Webb, birthName, William Henry Webb]
  • A. William Webb
    William Webb was an Australian jurist who served as the chief judge of the post–World War II Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal.
  • B. Eugene Tennant
    Eugene Tennant is the father of British actress Victoria Tennant.
  • C. Louis Hobson
    Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
  • D. Maurice Webb
    Maurice Webb was a British politician and journalist who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and held ministerial office in the mid-20th century.
  • E. William Cottrell
    William Cottrell was an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on classic Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: William Henry Webb
Triple: [Chick Webb, birthName, William Henry Webb]
Generated description
William Henry Webb, better known as Chick Webb, was a pioneering American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who became one of the most influential figures of the big band era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Henry Webb
Target entity description: William Henry Webb, better known as Chick Webb, was a pioneering American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who became one of the most influential figures of the big band era.
  • A. William Webb
    William Webb was an Australian jurist who served as the chief judge of the post–World War II Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal.
  • B. Eugene Tennant
    Eugene Tennant is the father of British actress Victoria Tennant.
  • C. Louis Hobson
    Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
  • D. Maurice Webb
    Maurice Webb was a British politician and journalist who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and held ministerial office in the mid-20th century.
  • E. William Cottrell
    William Cottrell was an American screenwriter and director best known for his work on classic Disney animated films in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69d86da882448190a82ea962fe343b79 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e156fd7ce08190b5db4b486ccb6e40 completed April 16, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0025ec39a8819081c0cf996bc59416 completed May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00280686f881909cd2330c018a7e8d completed May 10, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00285ad1a08190961fdef3f3f991fa completed May 10, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:53 a.m.