Triple

T18112845
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Flamingos E433523 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Time Was
"Time Was" is a doo-wop song by The Flamingos, showcasing their smooth vocal harmonies and romantic style characteristic of 1950s R&B.
 E1307282 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: Time Was | Statement: [The Flamingos, notableWork, Time Was]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Time Was
Context triple: [The Flamingos, notableWork, Time Was]
  • A. Time Was (album)
    Time Was is a jazz-influenced pop album by American singer and saxophonist Curtis Stigers, showcasing his smooth vocal style and blend of contemporary and traditional sounds.
  • B. There Was a Time
    "There Was a Time" is a funk song by James Brown, known for its driving groove and influential role in the development of funk music.
  • C. What a Time
    "What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
  • D. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
    "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is a popular 1939 show tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that has become a widely recorded jazz and pop standard.
  • E. It's Time
    "It's Time" is a song by R.E.M., featured on their 1991 album *Out of Time*, known for its alternative rock sound and introspective lyrics.
  • 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: Time Was
Triple: [The Flamingos, notableWork, Time Was]
Generated description
"Time Was" is a doo-wop song by The Flamingos, showcasing their smooth vocal harmonies and romantic style characteristic of 1950s R&B.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Time Was
Target entity description: "Time Was" is a doo-wop song by The Flamingos, showcasing their smooth vocal harmonies and romantic style characteristic of 1950s R&B.
  • A. Time Was (album)
    Time Was is a jazz-influenced pop album by American singer and saxophonist Curtis Stigers, showcasing his smooth vocal style and blend of contemporary and traditional sounds.
  • B. There Was a Time
    "There Was a Time" is a funk song by James Brown, known for its driving groove and influential role in the development of funk music.
  • C. What a Time
    "What a Time" is a melancholic pop song by Julia Michaels, featuring Niall Horan, that reflects on the bittersweet memories of a past relationship.
  • D. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
    "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is a popular 1939 show tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that has become a widely recorded jazz and pop standard.
  • E. It's Time
    "It's Time" is a song by R.E.M., featured on their 1991 album *Out of Time*, known for its alternative rock sound and introspective lyrics.
  • 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_69d8b90916008190a1f110bd7ced5473 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4ddd3fd9c81909bfe95927f7553e3 completed April 19, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a037c3b95b481909fe58450f007544e completed May 12, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a037db328b08190b003da3980076ecf completed May 12, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a037e99ae98819087afa088fb42e847 completed May 12, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:28 a.m.