Triple

T4458460
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Soul Train E98190 entity
Predicate creator P184 FINISHED
Object Don Cornelius
Don Cornelius was an American television host and producer best known for creating and hosting the influential music and dance show "Soul Train," which showcased Black music and culture.
E442926 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: Don Cornelius | Statement: [Soul Train, creator, Don Cornelius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Cornelius
Context triple: [Soul Train, creator, Don Cornelius]
  • A. Don Covay
    Don Covay was an influential American R&B and soul singer-songwriter known for his gritty vocal style and for writing hits for himself and other major artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • B. Dulé Hill
    Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
  • C. Clarence Avant
    Clarence Avant was an influential American music executive, entrepreneur, and mentor known as “The Black Godfather” for his pivotal role in shaping Black entertainment and advancing the careers of numerous artists and executives.
  • D. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • E. Malaak Shabazz
    Malaak Shabazz is one of the daughters of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X and has been involved in activism and public speaking related to her father's legacy.
  • 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: Don Cornelius
Triple: [Soul Train, creator, Don Cornelius]
Generated description
Don Cornelius was an American television host and producer best known for creating and hosting the influential music and dance show "Soul Train," which showcased Black music and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Don Cornelius
Target entity description: Don Cornelius was an American television host and producer best known for creating and hosting the influential music and dance show "Soul Train," which showcased Black music and culture.
  • A. Don Covay
    Don Covay was an influential American R&B and soul singer-songwriter known for his gritty vocal style and for writing hits for himself and other major artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • B. Dulé Hill
    Dulé Hill is an American actor best known for his roles as presidential aide Charlie Young on "The West Wing" and pharmaceutical salesman-turned-fake psychic Burton "Gus" Guster on "Psych."
  • C. Clarence Avant
    Clarence Avant was an influential American music executive, entrepreneur, and mentor known as “The Black Godfather” for his pivotal role in shaping Black entertainment and advancing the careers of numerous artists and executives.
  • D. Eddie Kendricks
    Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and founding member of The Temptations, renowned for his distinctive falsetto lead vocals on many of the group's classic Motown hits.
  • E. Malaak Shabazz
    Malaak Shabazz is one of the daughters of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X and has been involved in activism and public speaking related to her father's legacy.
  • 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_69b3454a7c608190944f5455c8031d73 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3564485688190a0d49fdccf8724be completed March 13, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b6282ea6308190b726a9f8176d4d1b completed March 15, 2026, 3:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b629532cac8190b959adc0ef13305a completed March 15, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b62d9c287c8190a305f9d21517f913 completed March 15, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:33 p.m.