Triple

T18601178
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mellow Yellow E454621 entity
Predicate hasNotableCollaboration P8554 FINISHED
Object Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)
Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed) refers to the widely circulated but contested claim that Beatles member Paul McCartney contributed uncredited background vocals or sounds to Donovan’s song “Mellow Yellow.”
 E1333770 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: Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed) | Statement: [Mellow Yellow, hasNotableCollaboration, Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)
Context triple: [Mellow Yellow, hasNotableCollaboration, Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)]
  • A. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
    Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder are legendary musicians—McCartney a former Beatle and prolific songwriter, and Wonder a pioneering soul and R&B artist—who collaborated on notable pop hits.
  • B. Paul McCartney's Uncle Albert
    Paul McCartney's Uncle Albert was a real-life relative whose personality and stories helped inspire the whimsical character and themes in the song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey."
  • C. Paul McCartney (animated character)
    Paul McCartney (animated character) is the cartoon depiction of the real-life Beatles bassist and songwriter, featured in various animated adaptations of the band’s adventures and music.
  • D. Michael McCartney
    Michael McCartney is a member of the McCartney family, known primarily as the son of James McCartney Sr.
  • E. Walt McCartney
    Walt McCartney is a former coach best known for his notable tenure leading the Barnstormers football team.
  • 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: Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)
Triple: [Mellow Yellow, hasNotableCollaboration, Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)]
Generated description
Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed) refers to the widely circulated but contested claim that Beatles member Paul McCartney contributed uncredited background vocals or sounds to Donovan’s song “Mellow Yellow.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed)
Target entity description: Paul McCartney (uncredited background presence, disputed) refers to the widely circulated but contested claim that Beatles member Paul McCartney contributed uncredited background vocals or sounds to Donovan’s song “Mellow Yellow.”
  • A. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
    Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder are legendary musicians—McCartney a former Beatle and prolific songwriter, and Wonder a pioneering soul and R&B artist—who collaborated on notable pop hits.
  • B. Paul McCartney's Uncle Albert
    Paul McCartney's Uncle Albert was a real-life relative whose personality and stories helped inspire the whimsical character and themes in the song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey."
  • C. Paul McCartney (animated character)
    Paul McCartney (animated character) is the cartoon depiction of the real-life Beatles bassist and songwriter, featured in various animated adaptations of the band’s adventures and music.
  • D. Michael McCartney
    Michael McCartney is a member of the McCartney family, known primarily as the son of James McCartney Sr.
  • E. Walt McCartney
    Walt McCartney is a former coach best known for his notable tenure leading the Barnstormers football team.
  • 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_69d8d38ae7e081908a98df1251842402 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5475112608190acacc5ac7a08c4a0 completed April 19, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0503837dfc81908ce5eb5e9f1f6a89 completed May 13, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0506b8e2e88190aa9c0ead1c05f06a completed May 13, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a050731c3208190a13ecc77eb9ac9ea completed May 13, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:45 a.m.