Triple

T3972536
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patti Smith E92365 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
 E405235 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: Michael Stipe | Statement: [Patti Smith, influenced, Michael Stipe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Stipe
Context triple: [Patti Smith, influenced, Michael Stipe]
  • A. Nicholas Vedder
    Nicholas Vedder is a minor character in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as the patriarchal village innkeeper and habitual sitter by the tavern door.
  • B. Bono
    Bono is an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band U2.
  • C. David Shaw
    David Shaw is an American football coach best known for his successful tenure as head coach of Stanford University's football program in the 2010s.
  • D. David Shaw
    David Shaw was an American screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • E. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • 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: Michael Stipe
Triple: [Patti Smith, influenced, Michael Stipe]
Generated description
Michael Stipe is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael Stipe
Target entity description: Michael Stipe is an American singer, songwriter, and visual artist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.
  • A. Nicholas Vedder
    Nicholas Vedder is a minor character in Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle," known as the patriarchal village innkeeper and habitual sitter by the tavern door.
  • B. Bono
    Bono is an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band U2.
  • C. David Shaw
    David Shaw is an American football coach best known for his successful tenure as head coach of Stanford University's football program in the 2010s.
  • D. David Shaw
    David Shaw was an American screenwriter known for his work in mid-20th-century film and television.
  • E. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • 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_69aed96624188190ac8c45bb57ab72b5 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef996ff6c8190ba8cc490e4744b95 completed March 9, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5400fa9ac8190adf70a4c49eac32c completed March 14, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5442537488190a7a99e09ee154057 completed March 14, 2026, 11:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b544f60e288190973aaf0a4136a072 completed March 14, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:32 p.m.