Triple
T21661563
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Skatalites |
E534606
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Lester Sterling
Lester Sterling was a Jamaican saxophonist and trumpeter best known as a founding member of the pioneering ska band The Skatalites.
|
E1495601
|
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: Lester Sterling | Statement: [The Skatalites, notableMember, Lester Sterling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Sterling Context triple: [The Skatalites, notableMember, Lester Sterling]
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A.
Lester Crown
Lester Crown is an American industrialist, investor, and philanthropist, best known as a leading member of Chicago’s influential Crown family and a longtime figure in the aerospace and defense industry.
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B.
Lester Ballard
Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
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C.
Lester Townsend
Lester Townsend is a fictional United Nations diplomat whose mistaken identity is central to the plot of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
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D.
Lester Whittington
Lester Whittington was an architect best known for designing the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau.
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E.
Lester Melroe
Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
- 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: Lester Sterling Triple: [The Skatalites, notableMember, Lester Sterling]
Generated description
Lester Sterling was a Jamaican saxophonist and trumpeter best known as a founding member of the pioneering ska band The Skatalites.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Sterling Target entity description: Lester Sterling was a Jamaican saxophonist and trumpeter best known as a founding member of the pioneering ska band The Skatalites.
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A.
Lester Crown
Lester Crown is an American industrialist, investor, and philanthropist, best known as a leading member of Chicago’s influential Crown family and a longtime figure in the aerospace and defense industry.
-
B.
Lester Ballard
Lester Ballard is the violent, mentally unstable drifter and antihero at the center of Cormac McCarthy’s novel "Child of God," known for his descent into extreme depravity and isolation in rural Tennessee.
-
C.
Lester Townsend
Lester Townsend is a fictional United Nations diplomat whose mistaken identity is central to the plot of Alfred Hitchcock’s film "North by Northwest."
-
D.
Lester Whittington
Lester Whittington was an architect best known for designing the Alaska State Capitol building in Juneau.
-
E.
Lester Melroe
Lester Melroe was an American inventor and entrepreneur best known for developing the compact skid-steer loader that led to the creation of the Bobcat brand.
- 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_69e0c467e1f48190af2650b19175abc4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef6c0883d481908dfdc66832c34d74 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 2 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a159e783081908b025a92bfa658c9 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a16c278188190855335930666cede |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a17a2c81481908e229ea58e61843e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.