Triple

T20624577
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Transplants E506783 entity
Predicate hasFormerMember P1168 FINISHED
Object Vic Ruggiero
Vic Ruggiero is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the frontman of the ska band The Slackers and for his work in various punk and ska collaborations.
E1441915 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: Vic Ruggiero | Statement: [Transplants, hasFormerMember, Vic Ruggiero]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vic Ruggiero
Context triple: [Transplants, hasFormerMember, Vic Ruggiero]
  • A. Gene Ruggiero
    Gene Ruggiero was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical "Oklahoma!" (1955).
  • B. Sam Butera
    Sam Butera was an American tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and key member of Louis Prima’s backing band The Witnesses, known for his energetic jump blues and showmanship.
  • C. Leo Trombetta
    Leo Trombetta is a film editor best known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "Little Children."
  • D. Frank D'Alesandro
    Frank D'Alesandro is a member of the prominent D'Alesandro political family from Baltimore, Maryland.
  • E. Lefty Ruggiero
    Lefty Ruggiero was a real-life New York mobster of the Bonanno crime family, famously portrayed in the film "Donnie Brasco" as the aging hitman who mentors the undercover FBI agent.
  • 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: Vic Ruggiero
Triple: [Transplants, hasFormerMember, Vic Ruggiero]
Generated description
Vic Ruggiero is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the frontman of the ska band The Slackers and for his work in various punk and ska collaborations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vic Ruggiero
Target entity description: Vic Ruggiero is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the frontman of the ska band The Slackers and for his work in various punk and ska collaborations.
  • A. Gene Ruggiero
    Gene Ruggiero was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical "Oklahoma!" (1955).
  • B. Sam Butera
    Sam Butera was an American tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and key member of Louis Prima’s backing band The Witnesses, known for his energetic jump blues and showmanship.
  • C. Leo Trombetta
    Leo Trombetta is a film editor best known for his work on acclaimed movies such as "Little Children."
  • D. Frank D'Alesandro
    Frank D'Alesandro is a member of the prominent D'Alesandro political family from Baltimore, Maryland.
  • E. Lefty Ruggiero
    Lefty Ruggiero was a real-life New York mobster of the Bonanno crime family, famously portrayed in the film "Donnie Brasco" as the aging hitman who mentors the undercover FBI agent.
  • 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_69e0b4bc90988190ac360aaf645efc1d completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6abe3d76c8190a8a5cb52bb9bfc2b completed April 20, 2026, 10:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08bb1b767881908404c3039f0c2b51 completed May 16, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08bbb570f4819093e23b20fd83d101 completed May 16, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08bf7d661c8190af9e9b7b4121f951 completed May 16, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:42 a.m.