Triple

T3480468
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gordy family E73476 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object Robert Gordy
Robert Gordy was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and Motown executive, and a younger brother of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
E364675 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: Robert Gordy | Statement: [Gordy family, hasNotableMember, Robert Gordy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gordy
Context triple: [Gordy family, hasNotableMember, Robert Gordy]
  • A. Berry Gordy
    Berry Gordy is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter best known as the visionary founder of the Motown record label, which shaped the sound of popular music in the 1960s and beyond.
  • B. Fuller Gordy
    Fuller Gordy was a member of the prominent Gordy family associated with Motown Records and its influential role in American music and entertainment.
  • C. Norman Whitfield
    Norman Whitfield was an influential American songwriter and producer best known for shaping the Motown sound with his psychedelic soul productions for artists like The Temptations.
  • D. Lamont Dozier
    Lamont Dozier was an American songwriter and producer best known as one-third of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, which crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
  • E. Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Gaye was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for classic albums like "What's Going On" and hits such as "Sexual Healing" and "Let's Get It On."
  • 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: Robert Gordy
Triple: [Gordy family, hasNotableMember, Robert Gordy]
Generated description
Robert Gordy was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and Motown executive, and a younger brother of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gordy
Target entity description: Robert Gordy was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and Motown executive, and a younger brother of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
  • A. Berry Gordy
    Berry Gordy is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter best known as the visionary founder of the Motown record label, which shaped the sound of popular music in the 1960s and beyond.
  • B. Fuller Gordy
    Fuller Gordy was a member of the prominent Gordy family associated with Motown Records and its influential role in American music and entertainment.
  • C. Norman Whitfield
    Norman Whitfield was an influential American songwriter and producer best known for shaping the Motown sound with his psychedelic soul productions for artists like The Temptations.
  • D. Lamont Dozier
    Lamont Dozier was an American songwriter and producer best known as one-third of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, which crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
  • E. Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Gaye was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer known for classic albums like "What's Going On" and hits such as "Sexual Healing" and "Let's Get It On."
  • 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_69ad85b3c9b08190857cae74c7f36da9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb7461708190898002fbd1191f34 completed March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b37e5efe9c819087fbda6832598c04 completed March 13, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37ede876c8190ab8d4b595ebb1af2 completed March 13, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b37f5574b08190bdde80b47f2cb99c completed March 13, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.