Triple

T16269821
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wishbone Ash E394969 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Mervyn Spence
Mervyn Spence is a Northern Irish rock bassist and vocalist known for his work with bands such as Wishbone Ash and Trapeze.
E1223106 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: Mervyn Spence | Statement: [Wishbone Ash, hasMember, Mervyn Spence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mervyn Spence
Context triple: [Wishbone Ash, hasMember, Mervyn Spence]
  • A. Mervyn Johns
    Mervyn Johns was a Welsh character actor best known for his prolific work in British films of the 1940s, including the classic horror anthology "Dead of Night."
  • B. Mervyn Warren
    Mervyn Warren is an American composer, record producer, and arranger best known for his work in film scores, gospel, and a cappella music, including as a founding member of Take 6.
  • C. Clive Beddoe
    Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
  • D. John Spence
    John Spence was an early vocalist for the American rock band No Doubt whose energetic performances helped shape the group’s formative sound before his untimely death in 1987.
  • E. Ralph Spence
    Ralph Spence was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work on early 20th-century stage and film 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: Mervyn Spence
Triple: [Wishbone Ash, hasMember, Mervyn Spence]
Generated description
Mervyn Spence is a Northern Irish rock bassist and vocalist known for his work with bands such as Wishbone Ash and Trapeze.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mervyn Spence
Target entity description: Mervyn Spence is a Northern Irish rock bassist and vocalist known for his work with bands such as Wishbone Ash and Trapeze.
  • A. Mervyn Johns
    Mervyn Johns was a Welsh character actor best known for his prolific work in British films of the 1940s, including the classic horror anthology "Dead of Night."
  • B. Mervyn Warren
    Mervyn Warren is an American composer, record producer, and arranger best known for his work in film scores, gospel, and a cappella music, including as a founding member of Take 6.
  • C. Clive Beddoe
    Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
  • D. John Spence
    John Spence was an early vocalist for the American rock band No Doubt whose energetic performances helped shape the group’s formative sound before his untimely death in 1987.
  • E. Ralph Spence
    Ralph Spence was an American screenwriter and playwright known for his work on early 20th-century stage and film 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_69d87f221d8081909b0b2063e7528ba2 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e24608dd20819082f46a64af233038 completed April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0075856f1881908548579b241e8009 completed May 10, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0079bf50dc8190a20057ef8a738e1d completed May 10, 2026, 12:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a007a34b42081908a77a3913c40377f completed May 10, 2026, 12:29 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:05 a.m.