Triple
T18098007
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | "Take a Letter Maria" |
E433138
|
entity |
| Predicate | artist |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
R. B. Greaves
R. B. Greaves was a soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1969 hit single "Take a Letter Maria."
|
E1325901
|
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: R. B. Greaves | Statement: ["Take a Letter Maria", artist, R. B. Greaves]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. B. Greaves Context triple: ["Take a Letter Maria", artist, R. B. Greaves]
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A.
R. W. Goodwin
R. W. Goodwin is an American television and film producer best known for his work on the science fiction series "The X-Files."
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B.
R. R. Grovey
R. R. Grovey was the African American plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Grovey v. Townsend, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election practices in Texas.
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C.
D. E. Hughes
D. E. Hughes was a 19th-century British inventor and physicist best known for pioneering work in telegraphy and the development of the carbon microphone, which greatly advanced early telephony.
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D.
R. G. Tifft
R. G. Tifft is an astronomer known for his work on galaxy observations, including the discovery of the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy.
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E.
R. W. Chapman
R. W. Chapman was a British scholar and editor renowned for producing authoritative editions of Jane Austen’s works.
- 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: R. B. Greaves Triple: ["Take a Letter Maria", artist, R. B. Greaves]
Generated description
R. B. Greaves was a soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1969 hit single "Take a Letter Maria."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R. B. Greaves Target entity description: R. B. Greaves was a soul and pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1969 hit single "Take a Letter Maria."
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A.
R. W. Goodwin
R. W. Goodwin is an American television and film producer best known for his work on the science fiction series "The X-Files."
-
B.
R. R. Grovey
R. R. Grovey was the African American plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Grovey v. Townsend, which challenged racially discriminatory primary election practices in Texas.
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C.
D. E. Hughes
D. E. Hughes was a 19th-century British inventor and physicist best known for pioneering work in telegraphy and the development of the carbon microphone, which greatly advanced early telephony.
-
D.
R. G. Tifft
R. G. Tifft is an astronomer known for his work on galaxy observations, including the discovery of the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy.
-
E.
R. W. Chapman
R. W. Chapman was a British scholar and editor renowned for producing authoritative editions of Jane Austen’s works.
- 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_69d8b907d05c819083cc3bd6021089e6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4ddb3ef548190a322f98917b54a59 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 1:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a043f10b31081909c26a0b539d236a8 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 9:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a043f6141688190add2239930714a0d |
completed | May 13, 2026, 9:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0440296c188190b7af4b133e0620f2 |
completed | May 13, 2026, 9:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:27 a.m.