Triple

T419612
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harlem Renaissance E8070 entity
Predicate notablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith was a pioneering American blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated as the "Empress of the Blues" for her powerful voice and influential recordings.
E56866 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: Bessie Smith | Statement: [Harlem Renaissance, notablePerson, Bessie Smith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bessie Smith
Context triple: [Harlem Renaissance, notablePerson, Bessie Smith]
  • A. Billie Holiday
    Billie Holiday was a pioneering American jazz and blues singer renowned for her emotive voice, distinctive phrasing, and profound influence on generations of vocalists.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Etta James
    Etta James was an iconic American singer renowned for her powerful, emotive voice and genre-spanning work in blues, R&B, soul, and gospel, with classics like "At Last" cementing her legacy.
  • D. Lil Hardin Armstrong
    Lil Hardin Armstrong was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and early collaborator who helped shape Louis Armstrong’s career during the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Marian Anderson
    Marian Anderson was a renowned American contralto and civil rights figure whose groundbreaking performances challenged racial barriers in the arts and public life.
  • 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: Bessie Smith
Triple: [Harlem Renaissance, notablePerson, Bessie Smith]
Generated description
Bessie Smith was a pioneering American blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated as the "Empress of the Blues" for her powerful voice and influential recordings.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bessie Smith
Target entity description: Bessie Smith was a pioneering American blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated as the "Empress of the Blues" for her powerful voice and influential recordings.
  • A. Billie Holiday
    Billie Holiday was a pioneering American jazz and blues singer renowned for her emotive voice, distinctive phrasing, and profound influence on generations of vocalists.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Etta James
    Etta James was an iconic American singer renowned for her powerful, emotive voice and genre-spanning work in blues, R&B, soul, and gospel, with classics like "At Last" cementing her legacy.
  • D. Lil Hardin Armstrong
    Lil Hardin Armstrong was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and early collaborator who helped shape Louis Armstrong’s career during the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Marian Anderson
    Marian Anderson was a renowned American contralto and civil rights figure whose groundbreaking performances challenged racial barriers in the arts and public life.
  • 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ee917de48190965fba455efd2320 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a447fa97ac8190b8a19ded2d0f520e completed March 1, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a44b9ab54c8190a0f74337479b9d7b completed March 1, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a44bf14ab88190bc8e699049fcdbc1 completed March 1, 2026, 2:23 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.