Triple

T3540630
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject May E74874 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Billy May
Billy May was an American composer, arranger, and trumpeter best known for his swinging big band arrangements and collaborations with artists like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
 E368657 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: Billy May | Statement: [May, hasNotableBearer, Billy May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy May
Context triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Billy May]
  • A. Ed Friendly
    Ed Friendly was an American television producer best known for developing and producing influential series and miniseries in the 1960s and 1970s, including landmark works in drama and comedy.
  • B. Barry Mann
    Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician best known for his prolific Brill Building pop hits, often written with his wife and collaborator Cynthia Weil.
  • C. Jerry Livingston
    Jerry Livingston was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular film and pop standards, including work on classic Disney songs.
  • D. Fred Rose
    Fred Rose was an influential American songwriter and music publisher, best known as a co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publications and for penning numerous country music standards.
  • E. Joe Mardin
    Joe Mardin is an American music producer, arranger, and engineer known for his work across pop, R&B, and jazz, and as the son of legendary producer Arif Mardin.
  • 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: Billy May
Triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Billy May]
Generated description
Billy May was an American composer, arranger, and trumpeter best known for his swinging big band arrangements and collaborations with artists like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Billy May
Target entity description: Billy May was an American composer, arranger, and trumpeter best known for his swinging big band arrangements and collaborations with artists like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
  • A. Ed Friendly
    Ed Friendly was an American television producer best known for developing and producing influential series and miniseries in the 1960s and 1970s, including landmark works in drama and comedy.
  • B. Barry Mann
    Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician best known for his prolific Brill Building pop hits, often written with his wife and collaborator Cynthia Weil.
  • C. Jerry Livingston
    Jerry Livingston was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular film and pop standards, including work on classic Disney songs.
  • D. Fred Rose
    Fred Rose was an influential American songwriter and music publisher, best known as a co-founder of Acuff-Rose Publications and for penning numerous country music standards.
  • E. Joe Mardin
    Joe Mardin is an American music producer, arranger, and engineer known for his work across pop, R&B, and jazz, and as the son of legendary producer Arif Mardin.
  • 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbf729000819086e4fdba9e73e198 completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3bb8b7fac81908c18d3f868aeba44 completed March 13, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3bc222eec81908c984dce75e8ef1e completed March 13, 2026, 7:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3e6d6263c81908aed3efe5486934f completed March 13, 2026, 10:28 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.