Triple
T22257145
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Friendly Fires |
E550122
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ed Macfarlane
Ed Macfarlane is an English singer, songwriter, and frontman best known as the lead vocalist of the indie dance band Friendly Fires.
|
E1533509
|
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: Ed Macfarlane | Statement: [Friendly Fires, hasMember, Ed Macfarlane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Macfarlane Context triple: [Friendly Fires, hasMember, Ed Macfarlane]
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A.
Colin McFarlane
Colin McFarlane is a British actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in film, television, and voice acting, including appearances in major franchises like Batman and various BBC productions.
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B.
Andy MacMillan
Andy MacMillan was a prominent Scottish architect known for his influential modernist church and public building designs in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Stephen MacLean
Stephen MacLean was an Australian screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on music-infused films and television, including the cult musical comedy "Starstruck" (1982).
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D.
Andy Macdonald
Andy Macdonald is a British music industry executive best known as the founder of the influential independent record label Go! Discs, which helped launch several prominent UK artists in the 1980s and 1990s.
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E.
Andy MacLennan
Andy MacLennan was an actor known for his role in the 1926 silent crime film "The Blackbird."
- 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: Ed Macfarlane Triple: [Friendly Fires, hasMember, Ed Macfarlane]
Generated description
Ed Macfarlane is an English singer, songwriter, and frontman best known as the lead vocalist of the indie dance band Friendly Fires.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ed Macfarlane Target entity description: Ed Macfarlane is an English singer, songwriter, and frontman best known as the lead vocalist of the indie dance band Friendly Fires.
-
A.
Colin McFarlane
Colin McFarlane is a British actor known for his distinctive deep voice and roles in film, television, and voice acting, including appearances in major franchises like Batman and various BBC productions.
-
B.
Andy MacMillan
Andy MacMillan was a prominent Scottish architect known for his influential modernist church and public building designs in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Stephen MacLean
Stephen MacLean was an Australian screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his work on music-infused films and television, including the cult musical comedy "Starstruck" (1982).
-
D.
Andy Macdonald
Andy Macdonald is a British music industry executive best known as the founder of the influential independent record label Go! Discs, which helped launch several prominent UK artists in the 1980s and 1990s.
-
E.
Andy MacLennan
Andy MacLennan was an actor known for his role in the 1926 silent crime film "The Blackbird."
- 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_69e11e42adb8819087714772ea606709 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f138c3cf64819087e270a1f50e629e |
completed | April 28, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0ae9a5e1448190845c2126680bff3d |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0aea4e49ec8190919e071fd71e62ae |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0aeab115c48190859f25e37e0eefe8 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:32 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:39 p.m.