Triple
T4868652
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | I Won't Back Down |
E109032
|
entity |
| Predicate | backingVocalsBy |
P9646
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howie Epstein |
E268401
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Epstein | Statement: [I Won't Back Down, backingVocalsBy, Howie Epstein]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Epstein Context triple: [I Won't Back Down, backingVocalsBy, Howie Epstein]
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A.
Howie Epstein
chosen
Howie Epstein was an American bassist and record producer best known for his long tenure with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
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B.
Benny Horowitz
Benny Horowitz is an American drummer best known for his work with the New Jersey rock band The Gaslight Anthem.
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C.
Lewie Steinberg
Lewie Steinberg was an American bassist best known as an early member of the influential soul and R&B instrumental group Booker T. & the M.G.'s, contributing to the classic Stax Records sound.
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D.
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist and singer best known for serving as the Grateful Dead’s final keyboard player from 1990 until the band’s dissolution in 1995.
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E.
Jake Adelstein
Jake Adelstein is an American journalist and author best known for his memoir "Tokyo Vice," which chronicles his experiences reporting on crime and the yakuza for a major Japanese newspaper.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd440d96a48190b0c87069adef2af1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d7d809081909fc7c80c56f72840 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be67ea7cd88190b89f5cc1d85c1994 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:27 p.m.