Triple

T523825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Roots E10874 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is an American drummer, DJ, producer, author, and filmmaker best known as the bandleader of The Roots and musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
E65408 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: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson | Statement: [The Roots, founder, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Context triple: [The Roots, founder, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson]
  • A. Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden is an American drummer, songwriter, and Grammy-winning record producer known for crafting major pop and R&B hits for artists such as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin.
  • B. Don Maynard
    Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver best known as Joe Namath’s primary deep threat and a key offensive star for the New York Jets during the 1960s.
  • C. Jason Moran
    Jason Moran is an acclaimed American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative approach to contemporary jazz and frequent collaborations across music and film.
  • D. Raphael Saadiq
    Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and acclaimed R&B/neo-soul producer known for his work both as a solo artist and as a member of Tony! Toni! Toné!.
  • E. Wynton Marsalis
    Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
  • 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: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Triple: [The Roots, founder, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson]
Generated description
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is an American drummer, DJ, producer, author, and filmmaker best known as the bandleader of The Roots and musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Target entity description: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is an American drummer, DJ, producer, author, and filmmaker best known as the bandleader of The Roots and musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
  • A. Narada Michael Walden
    Narada Michael Walden is an American drummer, songwriter, and Grammy-winning record producer known for crafting major pop and R&B hits for artists such as Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin.
  • B. Don Maynard
    Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver best known as Joe Namath’s primary deep threat and a key offensive star for the New York Jets during the 1960s.
  • C. Jason Moran
    Jason Moran is an acclaimed American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative approach to contemporary jazz and frequent collaborations across music and film.
  • D. Raphael Saadiq
    Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and acclaimed R&B/neo-soul producer known for his work both as a solo artist and as a member of Tony! Toni! Toné!.
  • E. Wynton Marsalis
    Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
  • 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_69a2e84b16c4819088d284c47c3a7968 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2f1b656c08190b387f21b06d99e68 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a4ab20f5288190aca34aacde60604b completed March 1, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a4abcb4b0c8190b7fdad2d46b97a06 completed March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a4ada4ca5481909bbd62b55f10f4f9 completed March 1, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.