Triple

T4334564
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sting E97433 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner is the birth name of Sting, the English musician, singer-songwriter, and former frontman of the rock band The Police.
 E430609 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: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner | Statement: [Sting, birthName, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Context triple: [Sting, birthName, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner]
  • A. Andy Summers
    Andy Summers is an English guitarist and composer best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band The Police.
  • B. Roger Hodgson
    Roger Hodgson is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of the progressive rock band Supertramp, known for writing and singing many of their biggest hits.
  • C. James Dean Bradfield
    James Dean Bradfield is a Welsh musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Manic Street Preachers.
  • D. Chris Martin
    Chris Martin is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay.
  • E. Stewart Copeland
    Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
  • 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: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Triple: [Sting, birthName, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner]
Generated description
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner is the birth name of Sting, the English musician, singer-songwriter, and former frontman of the rock band The Police.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
Target entity description: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner is the birth name of Sting, the English musician, singer-songwriter, and former frontman of the rock band The Police.
  • A. Andy Summers
    Andy Summers is an English guitarist and composer best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band The Police.
  • B. Roger Hodgson
    Roger Hodgson is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of the progressive rock band Supertramp, known for writing and singing many of their biggest hits.
  • C. James Dean Bradfield
    James Dean Bradfield is a Welsh musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Manic Street Preachers.
  • D. Chris Martin
    Chris Martin is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay.
  • E. Stewart Copeland
    Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
  • 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_69b3454662a481908fbcd0bbfaa3a0a4 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351516d488190b5b3d1936e3a325d completed March 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5d0a9967481908828ceeb76ce4cbf completed March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5d14748108190a6f5d4aebaa83ed6 completed March 14, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5d1b610888190bccace493224c373 completed March 14, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:14 p.m.