Triple

T404230
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aretha Franklin E9348 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object C. L. Franklin
C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
 E57102 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: C. L. Franklin | Statement: [Aretha Franklin, father, C. L. Franklin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: C. L. Franklin
Context triple: [Aretha Franklin, father, C. L. Franklin]
  • A. Mahalia Jackson
    Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
  • B. Ben E. King
    Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.
  • C. Cissy Houston
    Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
  • D. Ray Charles
    Ray Charles was a pioneering American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose fusion of gospel, blues, and jazz helped create soul music and made him one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
  • E. Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
  • 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: C. L. Franklin
Triple: [Aretha Franklin, father, C. L. Franklin]
Generated description
C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: C. L. Franklin
Target entity description: C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
  • A. Mahalia Jackson
    Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
  • B. Ben E. King
    Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.
  • C. Cissy Houston
    Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
  • D. Ray Charles
    Ray Charles was a pioneering American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose fusion of gospel, blues, and jazz helped create soul music and made him one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
  • E. Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
  • 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eca226fc81909d6ccc38a637daa6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a44cb531548190b378444ccf7a6283 completed March 1, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a44d31f0088190b55fd733460d7789 completed March 1, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a44de3f26881909c9ea34a421ea7cf completed March 1, 2026, 2:32 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.