Triple
T18993640
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Back in the U.S.S.R. |
E464750
|
entity |
| Predicate | coveredBy |
P6130
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Billy Joel |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Billy Joel | Statement: [Back in the U.S.S.R., coveredBy, Billy Joel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Joel Context triple: [Back in the U.S.S.R., coveredBy, Billy Joel]
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A.
Billy Joel
chosen
Billy Joel is an American singer-songwriter and pianist renowned for classic hits like "Piano Man," "Uptown Girl," and "New York State of Mind."
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B.
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond is an American singer-songwriter known for his rich baritone voice and enduring pop hits such as "Sweet Caroline" and "Cracklin' Rosie."
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C.
Tony Bennett and Billy Joel
Tony Bennett and Billy Joel are iconic American musicians—Bennett a legendary jazz and traditional pop vocalist, and Joel a celebrated singer-songwriter and pianist known as the "Piano Man."
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D.
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter and producer best known for a string of 1970s and 1980s pop hits such as "Mandy," "Copacabana," and "Can't Smile Without You."
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E.
Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel is an American singer and actor best known as the soaring tenor half of the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8dd01a56c81909694a128c66b21d7 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5d67fc90081908f51668620fdc60a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:01 p.m.