Triple

T18444676
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quicksilver Messenger Service E450624 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object John Cipollina
John Cipollina was an American rock guitarist best known as a founding member and distinctive lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
 E1325946 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: John Cipollina | Statement: [Quicksilver Messenger Service, hasMember, John Cipollina]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Cipollina
Context triple: [Quicksilver Messenger Service, hasMember, John Cipollina]
  • A. Leslie West
    Leslie West was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the band Mountain and for his influential heavy blues-rock playing style.
  • B. Dave Mason
    Dave Mason is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of Traffic and for his solo hit "We Just Disagree."
  • C. Alvin Lee
    Alvin Lee was an English rock and blues guitarist best known as the virtuosic frontman of Ten Years After and a prominent figure of the 1960s British blues-rock scene.
  • D. Edward Streeter
    Edward Streeter was an American novelist and banker best known for writing the humorous novel "Father of the Bride," which inspired the classic 1950 film adaptation.
  • E. Chris Robinson
    Chris Robinson is an American music video and film director known for his visually distinctive work with major R&B and hip-hop artists.
  • 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: John Cipollina
Triple: [Quicksilver Messenger Service, hasMember, John Cipollina]
Generated description
John Cipollina was an American rock guitarist best known as a founding member and distinctive lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Cipollina
Target entity description: John Cipollina was an American rock guitarist best known as a founding member and distinctive lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
  • A. Leslie West
    Leslie West was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the band Mountain and for his influential heavy blues-rock playing style.
  • B. Dave Mason
    Dave Mason is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of Traffic and for his solo hit "We Just Disagree."
  • C. Alvin Lee
    Alvin Lee was an English rock and blues guitarist best known as the virtuosic frontman of Ten Years After and a prominent figure of the 1960s British blues-rock scene.
  • D. Edward Streeter
    Edward Streeter was an American novelist and banker best known for writing the humorous novel "Father of the Bride," which inspired the classic 1950 film adaptation.
  • E. Chris Robinson
    Chris Robinson is an American music video and film director known for his visually distinctive work with major R&B and hip-hop artists.
  • 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_69d8d381d6388190a9e94e9c658174e4 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e51c142abc8190b4f6f938acdc413d completed April 19, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a043f1e91688190ae7035aaefbed6f4 completed May 13, 2026, 9:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a043fb7db388190bb50cfade4f025f9 completed May 13, 2026, 9:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a044063c6048190b65620af8ceed897 completed May 13, 2026, 9:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:30 a.m.