Triple

T1921216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steven Van Zandt E40128 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Little Steven
Little Steven is the stage name of Steven Van Zandt, an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role in the TV series "The Sopranos."
E216652 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: Little Steven | Statement: [Steven Van Zandt, alsoKnownAs, Little Steven]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Steven
Context triple: [Steven Van Zandt, alsoKnownAs, Little Steven]
  • A. Dick Stello
    Dick Stello was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire who worked in both the National League and several World Series during his career.
  • B. Stevie Y
    Stevie Y is the longtime nickname of Steve Yzerman, the Hall of Fame Detroit Red Wings captain and NHL executive.
  • C. Curtis Stigers
    Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
  • D. Mike Starr
    Mike Starr was an American bassist best known as the original bass player for the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains.
  • E. Mike Starr
    Mike Starr is an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as tough guys or mobsters in films and television.
  • 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: Little Steven
Triple: [Steven Van Zandt, alsoKnownAs, Little Steven]
Generated description
Little Steven is the stage name of Steven Van Zandt, an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role in the TV series "The Sopranos."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Little Steven
Target entity description: Little Steven is the stage name of Steven Van Zandt, an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role in the TV series "The Sopranos."
  • A. Dick Stello
    Dick Stello was a longtime Major League Baseball umpire who worked in both the National League and several World Series during his career.
  • B. Stevie Y
    Stevie Y is the longtime nickname of Steve Yzerman, the Hall of Fame Detroit Red Wings captain and NHL executive.
  • C. Curtis Stigers
    Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
  • D. Mike Starr
    Mike Starr is an American character actor known for his imposing presence and frequent roles as tough guys or mobsters in films and television.
  • E. Mike Starr
    Mike Starr was an American bassist best known as the original bass player for the Seattle grunge band Alice in Chains.
  • 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_69a8864298748190a2f2fd34f7ef8d77 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb231de14819091da3a20ed03c430 completed March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3e192288190873b58b98ce928e8 completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf5a76f508190a19d61ba12918fd1 completed March 8, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf6108c988190b992de20cf287da7 completed March 8, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.