Triple

T2731750
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Temptations E60329 entity
Predicate hasFormerMember P1168 FINISHED
Object David Ruffin
David Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as the charismatic lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era, lending his voice to hits like "My Girl."
E294355 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: David Ruffin | Statement: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, David Ruffin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Ruffin
Context triple: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, David Ruffin]
  • A. Otis Williams
    Otis Williams is an American baritone singer and founding member of the legendary Motown vocal group The Temptations.
  • B. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • C. Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson is an influential American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a defining figure of Motown and a pioneer of soul and R&B music.
  • D. Don Covay
    Don Covay was an influential American R&B and soul singer-songwriter known for his gritty vocal style and for writing hits for himself and other major artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • E. Lowell Fulson
    Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
  • 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: David Ruffin
Triple: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, David Ruffin]
Generated description
David Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as the charismatic lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era, lending his voice to hits like "My Girl."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Ruffin
Target entity description: David Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as the charismatic lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era, lending his voice to hits like "My Girl."
  • A. Otis Williams
    Otis Williams is an American baritone singer and founding member of the legendary Motown vocal group The Temptations.
  • B. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • C. Smokey Robinson
    Smokey Robinson is an influential American singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a defining figure of Motown and a pioneer of soul and R&B music.
  • D. Don Covay
    Don Covay was an influential American R&B and soul singer-songwriter known for his gritty vocal style and for writing hits for himself and other major artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • E. Lowell Fulson
    Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
  • 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdaf011548190beb9c3feee7b743f completed March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbc430ec8190a54f805cd0067b97 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbc545dc48190b61ed2ee73d53737 completed March 10, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbcd39c608190b01924370208f1ec completed March 10, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.