Triple

T18820137
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Japan (band) E460241 entity
Predicate roleOfMember P268 FINISHED
Object Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
E1344014 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: Steve Jansen – drums, percussion | Statement: [Japan (band), roleOfMember, Steve Jansen – drums, percussion]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
Context triple: [Japan (band), roleOfMember, Steve Jansen – drums, percussion]
  • A. Stephen Perkins – drums
    Stephen Perkins is an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and various related projects.
  • B. Steve Jordan (drums)
    Steve Jordan is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter renowned for his work with artists like John Mayer, the Rolling Stones, and in the Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman bands.
  • C. Steve Foley – drums
    Steve Foley was an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Replacements in the early 1990s.
  • D. Bob Jenkins – drummer
    Bob Jenkins is a drummer best known for playing with the rock band Dropbox.
  • E. Dave Weckl
    Dave Weckl is an acclaimed American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work with the Chick Corea Elektric Band and his own ensembles.
  • 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: Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
Triple: [Japan (band), roleOfMember, Steve Jansen – drums, percussion]
Generated description
Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Jansen – drums, percussion
Target entity description: Steve Jansen is an English drummer and percussionist best known as a founding member of the influential art pop and new wave band Japan.
  • A. Stephen Perkins – drums
    Stephen Perkins is an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and various related projects.
  • B. Steve Jordan (drums)
    Steve Jordan is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter renowned for his work with artists like John Mayer, the Rolling Stones, and in the Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman bands.
  • C. Steve Foley – drums
    Steve Foley was an American drummer best known for his work with the alternative rock band The Replacements in the early 1990s.
  • D. Bob Jenkins – drummer
    Bob Jenkins is a drummer best known for playing with the rock band Dropbox.
  • E. Dave Weckl
    Dave Weckl is an acclaimed American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work with the Chick Corea Elektric Band and his own ensembles.
  • 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_69d8dcf94c288190a06dea029ae4b223 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a6b9be988190b5e3804c39dc7dd9 completed April 20, 2026, 4:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a055bca90d481908e1633dc4eef476d completed May 14, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a055d68aa508190a2d3d4212aed4858 completed May 14, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a055e1a22308190bb7f2337fabc5bdf completed May 14, 2026, 5:31 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.