Triple

T17743949
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Three Degrees E442934 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Sheila Ferguson
Sheila Ferguson is an American singer best known as the longtime lead vocalist of the Philadelphia soul trio The Three Degrees, who achieved international success in the 1970s.
E1302480 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: Sheila Ferguson | Statement: [The Three Degrees, notableMember, Sheila Ferguson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Ferguson
Context triple: [The Three Degrees, notableMember, Sheila Ferguson]
  • A. Gillian Foster
    Gillian Foster is a central character in the TV series "Lie to Me," a psychologist and partner in the deception-detection firm Lightman Group.
  • B. Gail Gilchriest
    Gail Gilchriest is an American screenwriter best known for adapting the autobiographical novel "My Dog Skip" into a successful family film.
  • C. Alison Telfer
    Alison Telfer is a British academic and editor best known as the longtime partner and former wife of Monty Python member Terry Jones.
  • D. Sylvia McAdam
    Sylvia McAdam is a Cree lawyer, educator, and Indigenous rights activist best known as a co-founder of the Idle No More movement in Canada.
  • E. Maureen Dunlop
    Maureen Dunlop was an Argentine-British pilot renowned for her service ferrying military aircraft during World War II and for becoming an iconic face of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
  • 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: Sheila Ferguson
Triple: [The Three Degrees, notableMember, Sheila Ferguson]
Generated description
Sheila Ferguson is an American singer best known as the longtime lead vocalist of the Philadelphia soul trio The Three Degrees, who achieved international success in the 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sheila Ferguson
Target entity description: Sheila Ferguson is an American singer best known as the longtime lead vocalist of the Philadelphia soul trio The Three Degrees, who achieved international success in the 1970s.
  • A. Gillian Foster
    Gillian Foster is a central character in the TV series "Lie to Me," a psychologist and partner in the deception-detection firm Lightman Group.
  • B. Gail Gilchriest
    Gail Gilchriest is an American screenwriter best known for adapting the autobiographical novel "My Dog Skip" into a successful family film.
  • C. Alison Telfer
    Alison Telfer is a British academic and editor best known as the longtime partner and former wife of Monty Python member Terry Jones.
  • D. Sylvia McAdam
    Sylvia McAdam is a Cree lawyer, educator, and Indigenous rights activist best known as a co-founder of the Idle No More movement in Canada.
  • E. Maureen Dunlop
    Maureen Dunlop was an Argentine-British pilot renowned for her service ferrying military aircraft during World War II and for becoming an iconic face of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
  • 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_69d8b9ed3a2081909b2ec0d4dd2f4c37 completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e47acf44f8819089a18193e37d112c completed April 19, 2026, 6:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a034998e08081909bb8b9711002486f completed May 12, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a034b0817408190817e4a3ee0003d57 completed May 12, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034bdf5c808190ac329e663e220f1b completed May 12, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:09 a.m.