Triple

T4359209
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mavis Staples E98622 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers were an influential American gospel, soul, and R&B group known for their socially conscious songs and distinctive family harmonies.
E439431 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: The Staple Singers | Statement: [Mavis Staples, associatedAct, The Staple Singers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Staple Singers
Context triple: [Mavis Staples, associatedAct, The Staple Singers]
  • A. The Blind Boys of Alabama
    The Blind Boys of Alabama are a legendary American gospel group, formed in the 1930s by visually impaired singers, renowned for their powerful harmonies and influential role in traditional and contemporary gospel music.
  • B. Mavis Staples
    Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
  • C. Freedom Singers
    Freedom Singers were a vocal group associated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that used music to support and galvanize the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1960s.
  • D. The Neville Brothers
    The Neville Brothers were a renowned New Orleans R&B and funk group, celebrated for their soulful harmonies and influential contributions to American music.
  • E. Booker T. & the M.G.'s
    Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul 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: The Staple Singers
Triple: [Mavis Staples, associatedAct, The Staple Singers]
Generated description
The Staple Singers were an influential American gospel, soul, and R&B group known for their socially conscious songs and distinctive family harmonies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Staple Singers
Target entity description: The Staple Singers were an influential American gospel, soul, and R&B group known for their socially conscious songs and distinctive family harmonies.
  • A. The Blind Boys of Alabama
    The Blind Boys of Alabama are a legendary American gospel group, formed in the 1930s by visually impaired singers, renowned for their powerful harmonies and influential role in traditional and contemporary gospel music.
  • B. Mavis Staples
    Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
  • C. Freedom Singers
    Freedom Singers were a vocal group associated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that used music to support and galvanize the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1960s.
  • D. The Neville Brothers
    The Neville Brothers were a renowned New Orleans R&B and funk group, celebrated for their soulful harmonies and influential contributions to American music.
  • E. Booker T. & the M.G.'s
    Booker T. & the M.G.'s were a pioneering 1960s instrumental R&B/soul band and influential Stax Records house band known for hits like "Green Onions" and for shaping the sound of Southern soul 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_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_69b613504f3481908e9093700c25dd5f completed March 15, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b614d063b48190abbb0b8b6d420c8f completed March 15, 2026, 2:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6155a57c08190bbf2e88f95cede16 completed March 15, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.