Triple

T3125688
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Slow Jamz E65290 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass was a renowned American R&B and soul singer known for his powerful, emotive vocals and a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s, both as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist.
E333319 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: Teddy Pendergrass | Statement: [Slow Jamz, writer, Teddy Pendergrass]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teddy Pendergrass
Context triple: [Slow Jamz, writer, Teddy Pendergrass]
  • A. Donny Hathaway
    Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
  • B. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Bobby Caldwell
    Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
  • E. Jerry Butler
    Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter, nicknamed "The Iceman," known for his smooth baritone voice and influential hits from the 1950s onward.
  • 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: Teddy Pendergrass
Triple: [Slow Jamz, writer, Teddy Pendergrass]
Generated description
Teddy Pendergrass was a renowned American R&B and soul singer known for his powerful, emotive vocals and a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s, both as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teddy Pendergrass
Target entity description: Teddy Pendergrass was a renowned American R&B and soul singer known for his powerful, emotive vocals and a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s, both as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and as a solo artist.
  • A. Donny Hathaway
    Donny Hathaway was an influential American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his rich, emotive vocals and classic recordings in the 1970s.
  • B. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer renowned for his smooth, emotive vocals and classic love ballads.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Bobby Caldwell
    Bobby Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his smooth blend of R&B, soul, and jazz, particularly the classic hit "What You Won't Do for Love."
  • E. Jerry Butler
    Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter, nicknamed "The Iceman," known for his smooth baritone voice and influential hits from the 1950s onward.
  • 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_69ad8580c72481909672d37acf647893 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada52e9f348190aa15b2c0d252719f completed March 8, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b235ad86288190850f6c355a187b26 completed March 12, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b236e4efe08190ade7c1cc4b941639 completed March 12, 2026, 3:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b2375a75488190b3f2215c85d43f9c completed March 12, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.