Triple
T4806916
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ballad of a Thin Man |
E106969
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCoverVersionBy |
P11142
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ben Sidran
Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, singer, producer, and writer known for his work with the Steve Miller Band and his extensive solo career blending jazz, rock, and pop influences.
|
E472173
|
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: Ben Sidran | Statement: [Ballad of a Thin Man, hasCoverVersionBy, Ben Sidran]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Sidran Context triple: [Ballad of a Thin Man, hasCoverVersionBy, Ben Sidran]
-
A.
Al Kooper
Al Kooper is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential session work with Bob Dylan, founding role in Blood, Sweat & Tears, and contributions to classic rock recordings of the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a longtime guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role as Silvio Dante on the TV series The Sopranos.
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C.
Lenny Belardo
Lenny Belardo is the fictional, enigmatic young American pope at the center of the television series "The Young Pope."
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D.
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist best known for his solo work and as a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
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E.
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is an American politician and attorney who has served as the mayor of Dallas, Texas, leading the city through issues of urban development, public safety, and economic growth.
- 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: Ben Sidran Triple: [Ballad of a Thin Man, hasCoverVersionBy, Ben Sidran]
Generated description
Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, singer, producer, and writer known for his work with the Steve Miller Band and his extensive solo career blending jazz, rock, and pop influences.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Sidran Target entity description: Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, singer, producer, and writer known for his work with the Steve Miller Band and his extensive solo career blending jazz, rock, and pop influences.
-
A.
Al Kooper
Al Kooper is an American musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his influential session work with Bob Dylan, founding role in Blood, Sweat & Tears, and contributions to classic rock recordings of the 1960s and 1970s.
-
B.
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a longtime guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role as Silvio Dante on the TV series The Sopranos.
-
C.
Lenny Belardo
Lenny Belardo is the fictional, enigmatic young American pope at the center of the television series "The Young Pope."
-
D.
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist best known for his solo work and as a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
-
E.
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is an American politician and attorney who has served as the mayor of Dallas, Texas, leading the city through issues of urban development, public safety, and economic growth.
- 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6c69099c8190956b6df42bb922c8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4da2a1808190bd8d0c073e4bad07 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be4e61a9a8819096e3c4ba7612de85 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be4f0d51ac819097636aaf2429f317 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.