Triple
T4366161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smokey Robinson |
E98777
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Robinson Jr.
William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
|
E435029
|
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: William Robinson Jr. | Statement: [Smokey Robinson, birthName, William Robinson Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robinson Jr. Context triple: [Smokey Robinson, birthName, William Robinson Jr.]
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A.
Boardman Robinson
Boardman Robinson was a Canadian-American artist, illustrator, and political cartoonist known for his powerful social and political commentary in early 20th-century publications.
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B.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
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C.
Louis Hobson
Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
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D.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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E.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
- 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: William Robinson Jr. Triple: [Smokey Robinson, birthName, William Robinson Jr.]
Generated description
William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Robinson Jr. Target entity description: William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
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A.
Boardman Robinson
Boardman Robinson was a Canadian-American artist, illustrator, and political cartoonist known for his powerful social and political commentary in early 20th-century publications.
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B.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
-
C.
Louis Hobson
Louis Hobson is an American musical theatre actor best known for his work on Broadway, including originating a role in the acclaimed rock musical "Next to Normal."
-
D.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
-
E.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
- 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_69b35200263081909bb326a4d7a8db99 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e50838188190b5b698d4bd2b5784 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e57d85808190a3a4418bbd2a66c8 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e5eb85dc819087ce983114208231 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:17 p.m.