Triple

T3552993
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kirk Franklin E75152 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Kirk Dewayne Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin is an American gospel musician, choir director, and songwriter known for pioneering contemporary urban gospel music and leading ensembles like The Family and God's Property.
E367007 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: Kirk Dewayne Franklin | Statement: [Kirk Franklin, birthName, Kirk Dewayne Franklin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirk Dewayne Franklin
Context triple: [Kirk Franklin, birthName, Kirk Dewayne Franklin]
  • A. DeVon Franklin
    DeVon Franklin is an American film producer, author, and motivational speaker known for his work in faith-based entertainment and inspirational media.
  • B. DeVaughn Nixon
    DeVaughn Nixon is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including a notable appearance as the young son in the 1992 thriller "The Bodyguard."
  • C. Brian Kelly McKnight
    Brian Kelly McKnight is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his smooth tenor voice and romantic ballads.
  • D. Eric Marlon Bishop
    Eric Marlon Bishop, better known by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and producer acclaimed for his versatility and Academy Award–winning performances.
  • E. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
    Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
  • 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: Kirk Dewayne Franklin
Triple: [Kirk Franklin, birthName, Kirk Dewayne Franklin]
Generated description
Kirk Dewayne Franklin is an American gospel musician, choir director, and songwriter known for pioneering contemporary urban gospel music and leading ensembles like The Family and God's Property.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirk Dewayne Franklin
Target entity description: Kirk Dewayne Franklin is an American gospel musician, choir director, and songwriter known for pioneering contemporary urban gospel music and leading ensembles like The Family and God's Property.
  • A. DeVon Franklin
    DeVon Franklin is an American film producer, author, and motivational speaker known for his work in faith-based entertainment and inspirational media.
  • B. DeVaughn Nixon
    DeVaughn Nixon is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including a notable appearance as the young son in the 1992 thriller "The Bodyguard."
  • C. Brian Kelly McKnight
    Brian Kelly McKnight is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his smooth tenor voice and romantic ballads.
  • D. Eric Marlon Bishop
    Eric Marlon Bishop, better known by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and producer acclaimed for his versatility and Academy Award–winning performances.
  • E. Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
    Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
  • 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_69ad85d33c6c819081d5ac1df13b5680 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc05394888190b59fafda97b49beb completed March 8, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b38beef8b4819090109ab89e9671d6 completed March 13, 2026, 4 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b38c84fc788190a074f14a76bb7944 completed March 13, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b38cb872948190a75bc6d6829187c5 completed March 13, 2026, 4:04 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.