Triple

T2731752
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Temptations E60329 entity
Predicate hasFormerMember P1168 FINISHED
Object Paul Williams
Paul Williams was an American baritone singer best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
E292575 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: Paul Williams | Statement: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, Paul Williams]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Williams
Context triple: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, Paul Williams]
  • A. Paul Williams
    Paul Williams is an American composer, singer-songwriter, and actor best known for his prolific 1970s pop hits and acclaimed film and television soundtracks.
  • B. Walter Murphy
    Walter Murphy is an American composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his disco-era hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" and for scoring numerous film and television projects, including collaborations with Seth MacFarlane.
  • C. Lee Clow
    Lee Clow is a legendary American advertising executive best known for his groundbreaking work at TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he helped create iconic campaigns for Apple and other major brands.
  • D. Marc Davis
    Marc Davis was a legendary Disney animator and one of Walt Disney’s original “Nine Old Men,” renowned for designing iconic characters and attractions for Disneyland.
  • E. Ronald Bass
    Ronald Bass is an Academy Award–winning American screenwriter and producer known for writing acclaimed films such as "Rain Man," "The Joy Luck Club," and numerous popular Hollywood dramas.
  • 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: Paul Williams
Triple: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, Paul Williams]
Generated description
Paul Williams was an American baritone singer best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Williams
Target entity description: Paul Williams was an American baritone singer best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
  • A. Paul Williams
    Paul Williams is an American composer, singer-songwriter, and actor best known for his prolific 1970s pop hits and acclaimed film and television soundtracks.
  • B. Walter Murphy
    Walter Murphy is an American composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his disco-era hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" and for scoring numerous film and television projects, including collaborations with Seth MacFarlane.
  • C. Lee Clow
    Lee Clow is a legendary American advertising executive best known for his groundbreaking work at TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he helped create iconic campaigns for Apple and other major brands.
  • D. Marc Davis
    Marc Davis was a legendary Disney animator and one of Walt Disney’s original “Nine Old Men,” renowned for designing iconic characters and attractions for Disneyland.
  • E. Ronald Bass
    Ronald Bass is an Academy Award–winning American screenwriter and producer known for writing acclaimed films such as "Rain Man," "The Joy Luck Club," and numerous popular Hollywood dramas.
  • 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_69afb69eeedc81908ad654de9e1259ea completed March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb703a5f8819097b71e19db11feaf completed March 10, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb7acf3588190813bde4428dfe5f4 completed March 10, 2026, 6:18 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.