Triple

T2731766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Temptations E60329 entity
Predicate hasFormerMember P1168 FINISHED
Object Bruce Williamson
Bruce Williamson was an American R&B and soul singer best known as a later-era lead vocalist for the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
E294356 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: Bruce Williamson | Statement: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, Bruce Williamson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Williamson
Context triple: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, Bruce Williamson]
  • A. Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson is an American actor and former professional football player best known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation films and numerous action and genre movies.
  • B. Glenn Williamson
    Glenn Williamson is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the dark comedy-drama "Sunshine Cleaning."
  • C. Bruce Woolley
    Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
  • D. Brian Wright
    Brian Wright is an NBA executive best known as the general manager responsible for overseeing basketball operations and roster decisions for the San Antonio Spurs.
  • E. Sam Wheeler
    Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
  • 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: Bruce Williamson
Triple: [The Temptations, hasFormerMember, Bruce Williamson]
Generated description
Bruce Williamson was an American R&B and soul singer best known as a later-era lead vocalist for the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Williamson
Target entity description: Bruce Williamson was an American R&B and soul singer best known as a later-era lead vocalist for the legendary Motown group The Temptations.
  • A. Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson is an American actor and former professional football player best known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation films and numerous action and genre movies.
  • B. Glenn Williamson
    Glenn Williamson is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the dark comedy-drama "Sunshine Cleaning."
  • C. Bruce Woolley
    Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
  • D. Brian Wright
    Brian Wright is an NBA executive best known as the general manager responsible for overseeing basketball operations and roster decisions for the San Antonio Spurs.
  • E. Sam Wheeler
    Sam Wheeler is the father of Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, Oregon.
  • 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.