Triple

T4807729
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere E106986 entity
Predicate contributor P1993 FINISHED
Object Danny Whitten
Danny Whitten was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a key member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse and for writing the song “I Don’t Want to Talk About It.”
E472271 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: Danny Whitten | Statement: [Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, contributor, Danny Whitten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danny Whitten
Context triple: [Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, contributor, Danny Whitten]
  • A. Chris Hillman
    Chris Hillman is an American musician and songwriter best known as a pioneering member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, helping to shape country rock.
  • B. Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons was an influential American singer-songwriter who pioneered the fusion of country and rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • C. Bo Welch
    Bo Welch is an American production designer and film director known for his imaginative visual work on films such as "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," and "Men in Black."
  • D. John Prine
    John Prine was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his witty, poignant folk and country songs that explored everyday life and social issues.
  • E. Michael Chapman
    Michael Chapman was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
  • 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: Danny Whitten
Triple: [Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, contributor, Danny Whitten]
Generated description
Danny Whitten was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a key member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse and for writing the song “I Don’t Want to Talk About It.”
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Danny Whitten
Target entity description: Danny Whitten was an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a key member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse and for writing the song “I Don’t Want to Talk About It.”
  • A. Chris Hillman
    Chris Hillman is an American musician and songwriter best known as a pioneering member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, helping to shape country rock.
  • B. Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons was an influential American singer-songwriter who pioneered the fusion of country and rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • C. Bo Welch
    Bo Welch is an American production designer and film director known for his imaginative visual work on films such as "Beetlejuice," "Edward Scissorhands," and "Men in Black."
  • D. John Prine
    John Prine was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his witty, poignant folk and country songs that explored everyday life and social issues.
  • E. Michael Chapman
    Michael Chapman was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in collaboration with director Martin Scorsese.
  • 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_69bd43f779448190b92885cb70abb6c2 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6c6a98a481909ef273d9946906a4 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_69be4f107e7c8190aec4a7bcf0520ec9 completed March 21, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.