Triple

T16778908
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Smash Records E407802 entity
Predicate notableArtist P601 FINISHED
Object James Brown
James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and performer widely regarded as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
E42181 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: James Brown | Statement: [Smash Records, notableArtist, James Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Brown
Context triple: [Smash Records, notableArtist, James Brown]
  • A. James Brown
    James Brown is a British architect best known as a partner at the London-based practice Brown and Storey Architects.
  • B. James Brown
    James Brown is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime studio host for NFL coverage on major television networks.
  • C. James Brown
    James Brown is a songwriter credited as one of the writers of the hip-hop track "No Church in the Wild" by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
  • D. James Brown
    James Brown was an American actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including war and Western genres.
  • E. James Brown
    James Brown is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed drama "Still Alice."
  • 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: James Brown
Triple: [Smash Records, notableArtist, James Brown]
Generated description
James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and performer widely regarded as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Brown
Target entity description: James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and performer widely regarded as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
  • A. James Brown chosen
    James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dynamic performer widely known as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.
  • B. James Brown
    James Brown is an American sportscaster best known as a longtime studio host for NFL coverage on major television networks.
  • C. James Brown
    James Brown was an American actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century films and television, including war and Western genres.
  • D. James Brown
    James Brown is a songwriter credited as one of the writers of the hip-hop track "No Church in the Wild" by Jay-Z and Kanye West.
  • E. James Brown
    James Brown was an American financier and prominent 19th-century banker who played a key role in the development of international banking and merchant finance.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8839270588190886720d9519bbf8f completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3b21401b881909bbbc7382e851a90 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00ab00cf708190a2562fa14d72a4df completed May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00ad66a9a88190983eee72f9d23e37 completed May 10, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00addf7674819084f5755c2dacc741 completed May 10, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:22 a.m.