Triple

T3677037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Drifters E78016 entity
Predicate notableSongwriterCollaborator P8554 FINISHED
Object Mort Shuman
Mort Shuman was an American songwriter and pianist best known for co-writing numerous 1960s pop and rock hits, including many for artists like Elvis Presley and The Drifters.
E414657 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: Mort Shuman | Statement: [The Drifters, notableSongwriterCollaborator, Mort Shuman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mort Shuman
Context triple: [The Drifters, notableSongwriterCollaborator, Mort Shuman]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Mack David
    Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter known for his popular song adaptations and contributions to film and television music.
  • 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. 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.
  • E. Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin was an American lyricist best known for his prolific 1960s songwriting partnership with Carole King, creating numerous classic pop and soul hits.
  • 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: Mort Shuman
Triple: [The Drifters, notableSongwriterCollaborator, Mort Shuman]
Generated description
Mort Shuman was an American songwriter and pianist best known for co-writing numerous 1960s pop and rock hits, including many for artists like Elvis Presley and The Drifters.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mort Shuman
Target entity description: Mort Shuman was an American songwriter and pianist best known for co-writing numerous 1960s pop and rock hits, including many for artists like Elvis Presley and The Drifters.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Mack David
    Mack David was an American lyricist and songwriter known for his popular song adaptations and contributions to film and television music.
  • 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. 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.
  • E. Gerry Goffin
    Gerry Goffin was an American lyricist best known for his prolific 1960s songwriting partnership with Carole King, creating numerous classic pop and soul hits.
  • 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_69ad85e18c1c8190be8aafb227f39f48 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4643cf08190b2d10ddf4aac7407 completed March 8, 2026, 6:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5767d12ac8190bf9be474bd6958c8 completed March 14, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577c2b784819096d8218dd1c1478d completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5782cc448819080e306952da24ac0 completed March 14, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.