Triple

T15998262
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject El DeBarge E388029 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Who’s Johnny
"Who's Johnny" is a 1986 pop/R&B hit single by El DeBarge, best known as the theme song from the sci-fi comedy film *Short Circuit* and for its catchy, upbeat style.
E1188390 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: Who’s Johnny | Statement: [El DeBarge, notableWork, Who’s Johnny]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Who’s Johnny
Context triple: [El DeBarge, notableWork, Who’s Johnny]
  • A. Here’s Johnny!
    "Here’s Johnny!" is the iconic catchphrase shouted by Jack Nicholson’s character as he breaks through a bathroom door in one of the most famous scenes in the horror film *The Shining* (1980).
  • B. Bye Bye Johnny
    "Bye Bye Johnny" is a rock and roll song famously covered by The Rolling Stones on their live album "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones."
  • C. It’s Johnny’s Birthday
    "It’s Johnny’s Birthday" is a short celebratory song by George Harrison, written as a tribute to John Lennon and included on his album "All Things Must Pass."
  • D. Nice Guy Johnny
    Nice Guy Johnny is an independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Edward Burns that follows a young sportscaster forced to choose between his safe life and his true ambitions.
  • E. The Late Great Johnny Ace
    "The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a reflective Paul Simon song that meditates on the deaths of cultural icons and the passage of time.
  • 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: Who’s Johnny
Triple: [El DeBarge, notableWork, Who’s Johnny]
Generated description
"Who's Johnny" is a 1986 pop/R&B hit single by El DeBarge, best known as the theme song from the sci-fi comedy film *Short Circuit* and for its catchy, upbeat style.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Who’s Johnny
Target entity description: "Who's Johnny" is a 1986 pop/R&B hit single by El DeBarge, best known as the theme song from the sci-fi comedy film *Short Circuit* and for its catchy, upbeat style.
  • A. Here’s Johnny!
    "Here’s Johnny!" is the iconic catchphrase shouted by Jack Nicholson’s character as he breaks through a bathroom door in one of the most famous scenes in the horror film *The Shining* (1980).
  • B. Bye Bye Johnny
    "Bye Bye Johnny" is a rock and roll song famously covered by The Rolling Stones on their live album "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones."
  • C. It’s Johnny’s Birthday
    "It’s Johnny’s Birthday" is a short celebratory song by George Harrison, written as a tribute to John Lennon and included on his album "All Things Must Pass."
  • D. Nice Guy Johnny
    Nice Guy Johnny is an independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Edward Burns that follows a young sportscaster forced to choose between his safe life and his true ambitions.
  • E. The Late Great Johnny Ace
    "The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a reflective Paul Simon song that meditates on the deaths of cultural icons and the passage of time.
  • 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e157893ebc8190acb75ee05e450fae completed April 16, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffc3d79dec8190b02e003f93e5dad6 completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffc50688ac8190b0911ce889254af3 completed May 9, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffc5902904819097a2c5efbde55882 completed May 9, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:55 a.m.