Triple

T2163133
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frost School of Music E46845 entity
Predicate hasAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Ben Folds
Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five and for his genre-blending solo work.
 E239013 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: Ben Folds | Statement: [Frost School of Music, hasAlumni, Ben Folds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Folds
Context triple: [Frost School of Music, hasAlumni, Ben Folds]
  • A. C. Adam Schlesinger
    C. Adam Schlesinger was an American composer and songwriter best known for his work in film and television music, as well as for co-founding the band Fountains of Wayne.
  • B. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • C. Bruce Hornsby
    Bruce Hornsby is an American singer-songwriter and pianist best known for his work with his band Bruce Hornsby and the Range and his blend of rock, jazz, and Americana influences.
  • D. Doug Koop
    Doug Koop is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Koop.
  • E. Dan Foy
    Dan Foy is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Burbank, Illinois.
  • 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: Ben Folds
Triple: [Frost School of Music, hasAlumni, Ben Folds]
Generated description
Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five and for his genre-blending solo work.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Folds
Target entity description: Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five and for his genre-blending solo work.
  • A. C. Adam Schlesinger
    C. Adam Schlesinger was an American composer and songwriter best known for his work in film and television music, as well as for co-founding the band Fountains of Wayne.
  • B. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • C. Bruce Hornsby
    Bruce Hornsby is an American singer-songwriter and pianist best known for his work with his band Bruce Hornsby and the Range and his blend of rock, jazz, and Americana influences.
  • D. Doug Koop
    Doug Koop is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Koop.
  • E. Dan Foy
    Dan Foy is an American local politician who serves as the mayor of Burbank, Illinois.
  • 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_69a88a184cbc8190877791f6552c2484 completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe8d105c819098371c35c88873dc completed March 7, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58ee18ac81909f02e2c87000365b completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae597198b88190b0253aa121ed35e1 completed March 9, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae5a02404c819088acf7c592cb2cae completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.