Triple

T22552087
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Backus E557582 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Backus (musician)
John Backus (musician) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work in contemporary and improvisational music settings.
 E1542591 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: John Backus (musician) | Statement: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, John Backus (musician)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Backus (musician)
Context triple: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, John Backus (musician)]
  • A. Robert Backus
    Robert Backus is a fictional character featured in the crime novel "The Narrows" by Michael Connelly.
  • B. Joe Morse
    Joe Morse is the morally conflicted lawyer protagonist of the 1948 film noir "Force of Evil," whose involvement with racketeering drives the movie’s exploration of corruption and conscience.
  • C. Wilder Thompson
    Wilder Thompson is a person notable for bearing the given name Wilder.
  • D. Bill Watrous
    Bill Watrous was an American jazz trombonist renowned for his exceptional technical skill, lyrical playing style, and influential recordings from the 1960s onward.
  • E. John Whitney
    John Whitney, better known professionally as Whit Stillman, is an American film director, writer, and producer acclaimed for his witty, dialogue-driven comedies of manners such as "Metropolitan" and "The Last Days of Disco."
  • 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: John Backus (musician)
Triple: [Backus, hasNotableBearer, John Backus (musician)]
Generated description
John Backus (musician) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work in contemporary and improvisational music settings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Backus (musician)
Target entity description: John Backus (musician) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work in contemporary and improvisational music settings.
  • A. Robert Backus
    Robert Backus is a fictional character featured in the crime novel "The Narrows" by Michael Connelly.
  • B. Joe Morse
    Joe Morse is the morally conflicted lawyer protagonist of the 1948 film noir "Force of Evil," whose involvement with racketeering drives the movie’s exploration of corruption and conscience.
  • C. Wilder Thompson
    Wilder Thompson is a person notable for bearing the given name Wilder.
  • D. Bill Watrous
    Bill Watrous was an American jazz trombonist renowned for his exceptional technical skill, lyrical playing style, and influential recordings from the 1960s onward.
  • E. John Whitney
    John Whitney, better known professionally as Whit Stillman, is an American film director, writer, and producer acclaimed for his witty, dialogue-driven comedies of manners such as "Metropolitan" and "The Last Days of Disco."
  • 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_69e11e59db848190b4272ecd2b690ffd completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15f7647208190a1aaebd083bf095a completed April 29, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b2d6309d481909185ea6ebaf80d64 completed May 18, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b364718308190937c3b7ae90ea9df completed May 18, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b37998f888190bb53c2429760321a completed May 18, 2026, 4 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:52 p.m.