Triple

T4358792
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Waits E98614 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Thomas Alan Waits E98614 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas Alan Waits | Statement: [Tom Waits, birthName, Thomas Alan Waits]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Alan Waits
Context triple: [Tom Waits, birthName, Thomas Alan Waits]
  • A. Tom Waits chosen
    Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor known for his gravelly voice, experimental songwriting, and dark, theatrical storytelling.
  • B. Lou Reed
    Lou Reed was an influential American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of The Velvet Underground, known for his pioneering role in alternative and experimental music.
  • C. Robert Wyatt
    Robert Wyatt is an English musician and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, later acclaimed for his distinctive solo work blending jazz, rock, and experimental music.
  • D. John Veals
    John Veals is a ruthless, ultra-wealthy hedge fund manager in Sebastian Faulks’s novel "A Week in December," embodying the excesses and moral ambiguities of high finance in contemporary London.
  • E. Michael McDermott
    Michael McDermott is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American singer-songwriter and a software engineer known for his work in technology and programming.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351e1bfa48190bb506d9ca1ed7b6a completed March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e501671c8190bf8a9998f46a9f3b completed March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.