Triple
T4810308
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Backstreet Boys |
E107052
|
entity |
| Predicate | member |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howie Dorough
Howie Dorough is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as one of the founding members of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
|
E472340
|
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: Howie Dorough | Statement: [Backstreet Boys, member, Howie Dorough]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Dorough Context triple: [Backstreet Boys, member, Howie Dorough]
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A.
Michael Dorsey
Michael Dorsey is the struggling, perfectionist New York actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a soap-opera role in the 1982 film "Tootsie."
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B.
Otis Wilbury
Otis Wilbury is the pseudonymous persona used by musician Jeff Lynne as a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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C.
Mark Halliday
Mark Halliday is a mystery writer and the lover of Margot Wendice who becomes entangled in her husband's murder plot in the play and film "Dial M for Murder."
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D.
Hank Fallon
Hank Fallon is a character in the classic 1949 film noir "White Heat," which centers on the violent life of a psychopathic gangster.
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E.
Herbie Hawkins
Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
- 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: Howie Dorough Triple: [Backstreet Boys, member, Howie Dorough]
Generated description
Howie Dorough is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as one of the founding members of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Dorough Target entity description: Howie Dorough is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as one of the founding members of the pop vocal group Backstreet Boys.
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A.
Michael Dorsey
Michael Dorsey is the struggling, perfectionist New York actor who disguises himself as a woman to land a soap-opera role in the 1982 film "Tootsie."
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B.
Otis Wilbury
Otis Wilbury is the pseudonymous persona used by musician Jeff Lynne as a member of the supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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C.
Mark Halliday
Mark Halliday is a mystery writer and the lover of Margot Wendice who becomes entangled in her husband's murder plot in the play and film "Dial M for Murder."
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D.
Hank Fallon
Hank Fallon is a character in the classic 1949 film noir "White Heat," which centers on the violent life of a psychopathic gangster.
-
E.
Herbie Hawkins
Herbie Hawkins is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller film "Shadow of a Doubt," known for his darkly humorous conversations about murder with his neighbor.
- 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_69bd6c7b879081908e0c92a67422906e |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4daa52ec8190a3243313b18a4f3d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:50 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be4e4d3d608190837c5808f2f17aa4 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:52 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.