Triple

T3494921
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silver Jews E73827 entity
Predicate leader P981 FINISHED
Object David Berman
David Berman was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and indie rock musician best known for founding and fronting the influential band Silver Jews.
 E362280 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 Berman | Statement: [Silver Jews, leader, David Berman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Berman
Context triple: [Silver Jews, leader, David Berman]
  • A. Brian Fallon
    Brian Fallon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band The Gaslight Anthem.
  • B. Cam Guthrie
    Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician best known as the long-serving mayor of the city of Guelph, Ontario.
  • C. Conor Oberst
    Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
  • D. Andrew Bird
    Andrew Bird is an American indie folk musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his virtuosic violin playing, distinctive whistling, and literate, genre-blending compositions.
  • E. Bill Callahan
    Bill Callahan is an American singer-songwriter known for his baritone voice, literate lyrics, and influential work in indie and lo-fi music, both solo and under the moniker Smog.
  • 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 Berman
Triple: [Silver Jews, leader, David Berman]
Generated description
David Berman was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and indie rock musician best known for founding and fronting the influential band Silver Jews.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Berman
Target entity description: David Berman was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and indie rock musician best known for founding and fronting the influential band Silver Jews.
  • A. Brian Fallon
    Brian Fallon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman of the rock band The Gaslight Anthem.
  • B. Cam Guthrie
    Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician best known as the long-serving mayor of the city of Guelph, Ontario.
  • C. Conor Oberst
    Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
  • D. Andrew Bird
    Andrew Bird is an American indie folk musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his virtuosic violin playing, distinctive whistling, and literate, genre-blending compositions.
  • E. Bill Callahan
    Bill Callahan is an American singer-songwriter known for his baritone voice, literate lyrics, and influential work in indie and lo-fi music, both solo and under the moniker Smog.
  • 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_69ad85cdb6e48190a335d412b9194ed8 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbaebed881909d9cbc9c4c1f138f completed March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373c5e1248190a4c42805fb9363f0 completed March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b37442228c8190bc45782becd0642c completed March 13, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b374bd5cdc81908a924a9f8b641a8d completed March 13, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.