Triple

T20841576
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject H.M.S. Pinafore E513114 entity
Predicate notableSong P4 FINISHED
Object When I was a lad
"When I was a lad" is a comic patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, in which Sir Joseph Porter humorously recounts his absurdly rapid rise to high naval office despite having no real maritime experience.
E1454120 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: When I was a lad | Statement: [H.M.S. Pinafore, notableSong, When I was a lad]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: When I was a lad
Context triple: [H.M.S. Pinafore, notableSong, When I was a lad]
  • A. When I Was a Boy
    "When I Was a Boy" is a reflective, autobiographical ballad by Jeff Lynne’s ELO that nostalgically recalls childhood dreams of making music.
  • B. When I Was a Nipper
    "When I Was a Nipper" is a nostalgic autobiographical book by British gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh, reflecting on childhood and growing up in post-war Britain.
  • C. When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy
    "When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy" is a melancholic, reflective song sung by the clown Feste at the end of Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, often interpreted as a commentary on the play’s themes of folly, time, and human experience.
  • D. When We Were Very Young
    "When We Were Very Young" is a 1924 collection of children's poems by A. A. Milne that introduced the character Christopher Robin and helped pave the way for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
  • E. When I Was a Little Boy
    "When I Was a Little Boy" is a track from Steve Vai’s 1996 instrumental rock album "Fire Garden," showcasing his virtuosic guitar work and melodic composition style.
  • 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: When I was a lad
Triple: [H.M.S. Pinafore, notableSong, When I was a lad]
Generated description
"When I was a lad" is a comic patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, in which Sir Joseph Porter humorously recounts his absurdly rapid rise to high naval office despite having no real maritime experience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: When I was a lad
Target entity description: "When I was a lad" is a comic patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta H.M.S. Pinafore, in which Sir Joseph Porter humorously recounts his absurdly rapid rise to high naval office despite having no real maritime experience.
  • A. When I Was a Boy
    "When I Was a Boy" is a reflective, autobiographical ballad by Jeff Lynne’s ELO that nostalgically recalls childhood dreams of making music.
  • B. When I Was a Nipper
    "When I Was a Nipper" is a nostalgic autobiographical book by British gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh, reflecting on childhood and growing up in post-war Britain.
  • C. When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy
    "When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy" is a melancholic, reflective song sung by the clown Feste at the end of Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, often interpreted as a commentary on the play’s themes of folly, time, and human experience.
  • D. When We Were Very Young
    "When We Were Very Young" is a 1924 collection of children's poems by A. A. Milne that introduced the character Christopher Robin and helped pave the way for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
  • E. When I Was a Little Boy
    "When I Was a Little Boy" is a track from Steve Vai’s 1996 instrumental rock album "Fire Garden," showcasing his virtuosic guitar work and melodic composition style.
  • 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_69e0b4cf62a88190bbf92351e9e57259 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c34b17b88190b3290bd5100ad2ad completed April 21, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a090aff425481908a43921b18319068 completed May 17, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a090c0eec0081908fe0f28e69d6d5d7 completed May 17, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a090cc818b4819089ed588d3e460aa2 completed May 17, 2026, 12:33 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:43 p.m.