Triple

T3620718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brain Droppings E76716 entity
Predicate hasCoverArtist P5936 FINISHED
Object R. Black
R. Black is an artist and illustrator known for creating distinctive cover artwork, including for George Carlin’s book "Brain Droppings."
 E372896 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: R. Black | Statement: [Brain Droppings, hasCoverArtist, R. Black]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: R. Black
Context triple: [Brain Droppings, hasCoverArtist, R. Black]
  • A. Alan Black
    Alan Black is a Northern Irish man known for being the sole survivor of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
  • B. D. Black
    D. Black is a computer networking expert known for co-authoring RFC 3168, which defines Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for IP.
  • C. Jay Blackton
    Jay Blackton was an American conductor and musical director best known for his work on classic Broadway and film musicals in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Paul Blackburn
    Paul Blackburn was an American poet and translator associated with mid-20th-century avant-garde movements, noted for his innovative verse and support of contemporary poetry through readings and recordings.
  • E. Tony Black
    Tony Black is a Scottish jockey renowned for his successful career in horse racing, particularly in National Hunt events.
  • 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: R. Black
Triple: [Brain Droppings, hasCoverArtist, R. Black]
Generated description
R. Black is an artist and illustrator known for creating distinctive cover artwork, including for George Carlin’s book "Brain Droppings."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: R. Black
Target entity description: R. Black is an artist and illustrator known for creating distinctive cover artwork, including for George Carlin’s book "Brain Droppings."
  • A. Alan Black
    Alan Black is a Northern Irish man known for being the sole survivor of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre during the Troubles.
  • B. D. Black
    D. Black is a computer networking expert known for co-authoring RFC 3168, which defines Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) for IP.
  • C. Jay Blackton
    Jay Blackton was an American conductor and musical director best known for his work on classic Broadway and film musicals in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Paul Blackburn
    Paul Blackburn was an American poet and translator associated with mid-20th-century avant-garde movements, noted for his innovative verse and support of contemporary poetry through readings and recordings.
  • E. Tony Black
    Tony Black is a Scottish jockey renowned for his successful career in horse racing, particularly in National Hunt events.
  • 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_69ad85dae2fc81908d1ceadbc6af0089 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc2b9aa608190a680b250ecf63156 completed March 8, 2026, 6:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4331e75d08190ad1ce3e7ef26454a completed March 13, 2026, 3:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b436140e9c81909c0616e6fce36c2b completed March 13, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b439c83580819091024e692847a7db completed March 13, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:23 p.m.