Triple

T20890560
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Skip Spence E514396 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Alexander Lee Spence
Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Moby Grape and an early drummer for Jefferson Airplane, as well as for his influential solo album "Oar."
E1455891 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: Alexander Lee Spence | Statement: [Skip Spence, birthName, Alexander Lee Spence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Lee Spence
Context triple: [Skip Spence, birthName, Alexander Lee Spence]
  • A. John Spence
    John Spence was an early vocalist for the American rock band No Doubt whose energetic performances helped shape the group’s formative sound before his untimely death in 1987.
  • B. Bruce Spence
    Bruce Spence is an Australian character actor known for his distinctive tall, lanky appearance and roles in genre films such as the Mad Max series, The Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix.
  • C. Alexander Laurie
    Alexander Laurie was the individual after whom Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica was named, likely recognized for his role in exploration or related contributions.
  • D. Alexander Carlisle
    Alexander Carlisle was a British naval architect and shipbuilder best known for his role in designing the White Star Line’s Olympic-class ocean liners, including the RMS Titanic.
  • E. Michael Spicer
    Michael Spicer is a British Conservative politician best known for his long parliamentary career and influential role in shaping Eurosceptic policy within the party.
  • 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: Alexander Lee Spence
Triple: [Skip Spence, birthName, Alexander Lee Spence]
Generated description
Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Moby Grape and an early drummer for Jefferson Airplane, as well as for his influential solo album "Oar."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Lee Spence
Target entity description: Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of Moby Grape and an early drummer for Jefferson Airplane, as well as for his influential solo album "Oar."
  • A. John Spence
    John Spence was an early vocalist for the American rock band No Doubt whose energetic performances helped shape the group’s formative sound before his untimely death in 1987.
  • B. Bruce Spence
    Bruce Spence is an Australian character actor known for his distinctive tall, lanky appearance and roles in genre films such as the Mad Max series, The Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix.
  • C. Alexander Laurie
    Alexander Laurie was the individual after whom Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica was named, likely recognized for his role in exploration or related contributions.
  • D. Alexander Carlisle
    Alexander Carlisle was a British naval architect and shipbuilder best known for his role in designing the White Star Line’s Olympic-class ocean liners, including the RMS Titanic.
  • E. Michael Spicer
    Michael Spicer is a British Conservative politician best known for his long parliamentary career and influential role in shaping Eurosceptic policy within the party.
  • 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_69e0b4f7ebe48190952a85547a0f31a1 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6d05e307081908f1d044e877017ec completed April 21, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0913ad6bf481908d55fdd5f438181b completed May 17, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a091504e5088190a98bc0f0fcd60db9 completed May 17, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09157461b4819096ab8d77b40f9c9a completed May 17, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:46 p.m.