Triple

T19830044
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Universal South Records E476433 entity
Predicate signedArtist P16560 FINISHED
Object Phil Vassar
Phil Vassar is an American country music singer-songwriter and pianist known for his energetic performances and a string of hits in the late 1990s and 2000s.
 E1398559 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: Phil Vassar | Statement: [Universal South Records, signedArtist, Phil Vassar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Phil Vassar
Context triple: [Universal South Records, signedArtist, Phil Vassar]
  • A. Ed Manion
    Ed Manion is an American saxophonist best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen, particularly as a longtime member of the Sessions Band and the E Street Horns.
  • B. Bill Sullivan
    Bill Sullivan is the father of James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, the main monster character in Pixar's animated film "Monsters, Inc."
  • C. Ben Shattuck
    Ben Shattuck is an American writer, painter, and curator known for his essays, short stories, and work in the New England art and literary community.
  • D. Thomas Oaster
    Thomas Oaster is an American men's rights advocate best known for initiating and promoting the observance that became International Men's Day.
  • E. George Massenburg
    George Massenburg is an acclaimed American recording engineer, producer, and inventor renowned for his pioneering work in audio technology and studio production.
  • 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: Phil Vassar
Triple: [Universal South Records, signedArtist, Phil Vassar]
Generated description
Phil Vassar is an American country music singer-songwriter and pianist known for his energetic performances and a string of hits in the late 1990s and 2000s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Phil Vassar
Target entity description: Phil Vassar is an American country music singer-songwriter and pianist known for his energetic performances and a string of hits in the late 1990s and 2000s.
  • A. Ed Manion
    Ed Manion is an American saxophonist best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen, particularly as a longtime member of the Sessions Band and the E Street Horns.
  • B. Bill Sullivan
    Bill Sullivan is the father of James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, the main monster character in Pixar's animated film "Monsters, Inc."
  • C. Ben Shattuck
    Ben Shattuck is an American writer, painter, and curator known for his essays, short stories, and work in the New England art and literary community.
  • D. Thomas Oaster
    Thomas Oaster is an American men's rights advocate best known for initiating and promoting the observance that became International Men's Day.
  • E. George Massenburg
    George Massenburg is an acclaimed American recording engineer, producer, and inventor renowned for his pioneering work in audio technology and studio production.
  • 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_69d8e51c7c188190b926f3a2a7b5f881 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e656cd9b94819081a541bb6c5c2942 completed April 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d43477388190ba38827620f76257 completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d4e943b081909f98c72683d62e62 completed May 16, 2026, 2:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d5bc8e748190a4f97e6b23e56edd completed May 16, 2026, 2:26 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:50 p.m.