Triple

T19850404
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Solomon Burke E476976 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object James Solomon McDonald
James Solomon McDonald, better known as Solomon Burke, was an influential American soul singer and songwriter often hailed as one of the founding fathers of soul music.
 E1398988 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: James Solomon McDonald | Statement: [Solomon Burke, birthName, James Solomon McDonald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Solomon McDonald
Context triple: [Solomon Burke, birthName, James Solomon McDonald]
  • A. James McDowell
    James McDowell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Virginia and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • B. William McDonald
    William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
  • C. Roderick McDonald
    Roderick McDonald is an Australian stage director best known for his long-term marriage to acclaimed actress Jacki Weaver.
  • D. Luther McDonald
    Luther McDonald is the father of Mac (Ronald McDonald) in the TV show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • E. Anthony McHenry
    Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
  • 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: James Solomon McDonald
Triple: [Solomon Burke, birthName, James Solomon McDonald]
Generated description
James Solomon McDonald, better known as Solomon Burke, was an influential American soul singer and songwriter often hailed as one of the founding fathers of soul music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Solomon McDonald
Target entity description: James Solomon McDonald, better known as Solomon Burke, was an influential American soul singer and songwriter often hailed as one of the founding fathers of soul music.
  • A. James McDowell
    James McDowell was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of Virginia and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • B. William McDonald
    William McDonald is a name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
  • C. Roderick McDonald
    Roderick McDonald is an Australian stage director best known for his long-term marriage to acclaimed actress Jacki Weaver.
  • D. Luther McDonald
    Luther McDonald is the father of Mac (Ronald McDonald) in the TV show "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
  • E. Anthony McHenry
    Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
  • 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_69d8e51d39d081909bcfafeaaf3d2fcc completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65867b5408190bbd12ca567c4705f completed April 20, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d43eee448190ba75cb9b72227918 completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d8429d0c81908d4fdb9e41f6b9f5 completed May 16, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d8afc97c81908be6ddcaf2a6987c completed May 16, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:51 p.m.