Triple

T3759182
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chick Webb Orchestra E82120 entity
Predicate leaderFullName P23792 FINISHED
Object William Henry "Chick" Webb
William Henry "Chick" Webb was a pioneering American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader, celebrated for his influential big band and dynamic performances at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s.
E386998 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Henry "Chick" Webb | Statement: [Chick Webb Orchestra, leaderFullName, William Henry "Chick" Webb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry "Chick" Webb
Context triple: [Chick Webb Orchestra, leaderFullName, William Henry "Chick" Webb]
  • A. Joe Guinn
    Joe Guinn was a civil rights activist best known for helping establish the Congress of Racial Equality, a key organization in the U.S. civil rights movement.
  • B. Elam Ferguson
    Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
  • C. Clem Haskins
    Clem Haskins is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his standout career at Western Kentucky, his NBA tenure in the late 1960s and 1970s, and his successful run as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team.
  • D. Charles Neblett
    Charles Neblett is an American civil rights activist and singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and advance the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
  • E. Bill Cobbs
    Bill Cobbs is an American character actor known for his prolific supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in movies like "Night at the Museum," "Demolition Man," and "The Hudsucker Proxy."
  • 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: William Henry "Chick" Webb
Triple: [Chick Webb Orchestra, leaderFullName, William Henry "Chick" Webb]
Generated description
William Henry "Chick" Webb was a pioneering American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader, celebrated for his influential big band and dynamic performances at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry "Chick" Webb
Target entity description: William Henry "Chick" Webb was a pioneering American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader, celebrated for his influential big band and dynamic performances at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s.
  • A. Joe Guinn
    Joe Guinn was a civil rights activist best known for helping establish the Congress of Racial Equality, a key organization in the U.S. civil rights movement.
  • B. Elam Ferguson
    Elam Ferguson is a formerly enslaved man who becomes a central figure in the post–Civil War frontier drama of the TV series "Hell on Wheels," navigating racial tensions, violence, and his search for identity and justice.
  • C. Clem Haskins
    Clem Haskins is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his standout career at Western Kentucky, his NBA tenure in the late 1960s and 1970s, and his successful run as head coach of the University of Minnesota men's basketball team.
  • D. Charles Neblett
    Charles Neblett is an American civil rights activist and singer best known as a founding member of the SNCC Freedom Singers, who used music to support and advance the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
  • E. Bill Cobbs
    Bill Cobbs is an American character actor known for his prolific supporting roles in film and television, including appearances in movies like "Night at the Museum," "Demolition Man," and "The Hudsucker Proxy."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: leaderFullName
Context triple: [Chick Webb Orchestra, leaderFullName, William Henry "Chick" Webb]
  • A. commanderFullName
    Indicates that the predicate specifies the complete personal name of the commander associated with an entity.
  • B. fullName
    Indicates that an entity has a complete personal name, typically combining given name(s) and family name into a single string.
  • C. titleHolderFullName chosen
    Indicates the full personal name of the entity that holds a particular title or position.
  • D. officeHolderLeads
    Indicates that the office holder has primary leadership or executive authority over the specified entity (such as an organization, body, or jurisdiction).
  • E. winnerFullName
    Indicates the full personal name of the entity that is the winner in a given event or competition.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcbc20b20819095fedf803aadc53a completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4e5133ba48190a18ea170e3b9e1cd completed March 14, 2026, 4:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4e62d284881908531b93645649f45 completed March 14, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4ea2b19e48190864d2114603865ed completed March 14, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69adc04c851c8190ae5eaebf36df539b completed March 8, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.