Triple

T18147306
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tin Machine E434421 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Tony Sales
Tony Sales is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie's rock band Tin Machine and his collaborations with various prominent rock artists.
 E1308173 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: Tony Sales | Statement: [Tin Machine, hasMember, Tony Sales]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Sales
Context triple: [Tin Machine, hasMember, Tony Sales]
  • A. Philip Lansdale
    Philip Lansdale was a U.S. Navy officer after whom the borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, was named.
  • B. James Ord
    James Ord was a 19th-century American military officer and member of the prominent Ord family, known for his service in the U.S. Army.
  • C. Ian Hamilton
    Ian Hamilton was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated Allied campaign at Gallipoli during World War I.
  • D. Clive Franks
    Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
  • E. Charlie Stewart
    Charlie Stewart is an American actor best known for his role as the son on the sitcom "Life with Bonnie."
  • 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: Tony Sales
Triple: [Tin Machine, hasMember, Tony Sales]
Generated description
Tony Sales is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie's rock band Tin Machine and his collaborations with various prominent rock artists.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Sales
Target entity description: Tony Sales is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with David Bowie's rock band Tin Machine and his collaborations with various prominent rock artists.
  • A. Philip Lansdale
    Philip Lansdale was a U.S. Navy officer after whom the borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, was named.
  • B. James Ord
    James Ord was a 19th-century American military officer and member of the prominent Ord family, known for his service in the U.S. Army.
  • C. Ian Hamilton
    Ian Hamilton was a British Army general best known for leading the ill-fated Allied campaign at Gallipoli during World War I.
  • D. Clive Franks
    Clive Franks is a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John on numerous classic albums and hit singles.
  • E. Charlie Stewart
    Charlie Stewart is an American actor best known for his role as the son on the sitcom "Life with Bonnie."
  • 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_69d8b90aac308190801e2c57d8c5bfe5 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4de34bb608190a4842e86f2912dec completed April 19, 2026, 1:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03855631f48190ae8c343a4fa8f2a6 completed May 12, 2026, 7:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0385d8a43c8190b61222b65c1f9a60 completed May 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03868a4898819083dc64e9d39b6c80 completed May 12, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:29 a.m.