Triple

T3819664
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buddy Holly E84341 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Don McLean
Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter best known for his iconic 1971 folk-rock ballad "American Pie."
E390580 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: Don McLean | Statement: [Buddy Holly, influenced, Don McLean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don McLean
Context triple: [Buddy Holly, influenced, Don McLean]
  • A. Thom Bell
    Thom Bell was a pioneering American record producer, arranger, and songwriter, best known as a key architect of the lush, orchestral Philadelphia soul sound of the 1970s.
  • B. Jim Croce
    Jim Croce was an American singer-songwriter known for his folk-rock storytelling hits of the early 1970s, including "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle."
  • C. B.J. Thomas
    B.J. Thomas was an American pop and country singer best known for hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling."
  • D. Donald MacLean
    Donald MacLean is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward best known for his prolific scoring in the minor leagues and brief stints in the NHL.
  • E. Paul Anka
    Paul Anka is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor best known for pop hits like "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and for writing songs for artists such as Frank Sinatra.
  • 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: Don McLean
Triple: [Buddy Holly, influenced, Don McLean]
Generated description
Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter best known for his iconic 1971 folk-rock ballad "American Pie."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don McLean
Target entity description: Don McLean is an American singer-songwriter best known for his iconic 1971 folk-rock ballad "American Pie."
  • A. Thom Bell
    Thom Bell was a pioneering American record producer, arranger, and songwriter, best known as a key architect of the lush, orchestral Philadelphia soul sound of the 1970s.
  • B. Jim Croce
    Jim Croce was an American singer-songwriter known for his folk-rock storytelling hits of the early 1970s, including "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle."
  • C. B.J. Thomas
    B.J. Thomas was an American pop and country singer best known for hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling."
  • D. Donald MacLean
    Donald MacLean is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward best known for his prolific scoring in the minor leagues and brief stints in the NHL.
  • E. Paul Anka
    Paul Anka is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor best known for pop hits like "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" and for writing songs for artists such as Frank Sinatra.
  • 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_69aed931f5908190be2c07af66d4df25 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeea601d408190b09dc486e77488d4 completed March 9, 2026, 3:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4fb466a108190ac203ee00ce58f04 completed March 14, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4fc08d65081908953482b10fa5611 completed March 14, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4fc7d8cf081909c4447818b5363c5 completed March 14, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:17 p.m.