Triple

T23180119
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill Black E579434 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object Bill Black’s Combo
Bill Black’s Combo was a popular American instrumental rock and roll and rhythm and blues band of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for its chart-topping, danceable hits.
E1573976 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: Bill Black’s Combo | Statement: [Bill Black, founded, Bill Black’s Combo]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Black’s Combo
Context triple: [Bill Black, founded, Bill Black’s Combo]
  • A. The Esquires Combo
    The Esquires Combo was a backing band closely linked to American soul singer Percy Sledge, contributing to the Southern soul sound of the 1960s.
  • B. Aristocrat of Bands
    Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
  • C. Apache Drums
    Apache Drums is a 1951 Western film centered on a tense siege between settlers and Apache warriors in a remote frontier town.
  • D. Vossi Bop
    Vossi Bop is a hit grime/rap single by British artist Stormzy, known for its catchy hook, political references, and chart-topping success in the UK.
  • E. The Combination
    The Combination was an early regional English football league that operated in the late 19th century and featured clubs from the North and Midlands.
  • 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: Bill Black’s Combo
Triple: [Bill Black, founded, Bill Black’s Combo]
Generated description
Bill Black’s Combo was a popular American instrumental rock and roll and rhythm and blues band of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for its chart-topping, danceable hits.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Black’s Combo
Target entity description: Bill Black’s Combo was a popular American instrumental rock and roll and rhythm and blues band of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for its chart-topping, danceable hits.
  • A. The Esquires Combo
    The Esquires Combo was a backing band closely linked to American soul singer Percy Sledge, contributing to the Southern soul sound of the 1960s.
  • B. Aristocrat of Bands
    Aristocrat of Bands is the renowned marching band of Tennessee State University, celebrated for its high-energy performances, precision drills, and influential role in HBCU band culture.
  • C. Apache Drums
    Apache Drums is a 1951 Western film centered on a tense siege between settlers and Apache warriors in a remote frontier town.
  • D. Vossi Bop
    Vossi Bop is a hit grime/rap single by British artist Stormzy, known for its catchy hook, political references, and chart-topping success in the UK.
  • E. The Combination
    The Combination was an early regional English football league that operated in the late 19th century and featured clubs from the North and Midlands.
  • 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_69e245ff8000819090d12008805315b7 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18f6ebff48190ad1543051ca0239b completed April 29, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c30b0157c81909f0dad0a84b0af33 completed May 19, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c349e5f988190a801356107a6e129 completed May 19, 2026, 9:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c3505873c81908ce41f3fa88c61b9 completed May 19, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:04 p.m.