Triple

T1628345
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Video Killed the Radio Star E35197 entity
Predicate lyricist P1360 FINISHED
Object Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
E252099 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: Bruce Woolley | Statement: [Video Killed the Radio Star, lyricist, Bruce Woolley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Woolley
Context triple: [Video Killed the Radio Star, lyricist, Bruce Woolley]
  • A. Donald Wolfit
    Donald Wolfit was a renowned English stage and film actor, particularly celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and his powerful, often larger-than-life acting style.
  • B. Charles Walters
    Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
  • C. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • D. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • E. Frank Wead
    Frank Wead was an American naval aviator-turned-screenwriter known for his aviation-themed stories and contributions to classic Hollywood films.
  • 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: Bruce Woolley
Triple: [Video Killed the Radio Star, lyricist, Bruce Woolley]
Generated description
Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Woolley
Target entity description: Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
  • A. Donald Wolfit
    Donald Wolfit was a renowned English stage and film actor, particularly celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and his powerful, often larger-than-life acting style.
  • B. Charles Walters
    Charles Walters was an American film director and choreographer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
  • C. George Ward
    George Ward was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles during the mid-20th century, including as Minister of Supply.
  • D. Roy McFarland
    Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
  • E. Frank Wead
    Frank Wead was an American naval aviator-turned-screenwriter known for his aviation-themed stories and contributions to classic Hollywood films.
  • 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_69a886036bc081909ff5de16dbe5e8ea completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a909f257948190b3398fd6dc91f586 completed March 5, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae7ed8b7a08190a39f4b90fbf68cd9 completed March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae7f701cc48190a5ca5320ac15117d completed March 9, 2026, 8:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae7ff1fb748190961febf3790f03cf completed March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.