Triple

T5281104
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Cross E119498 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Christopher Charles Geppert
Christopher Charles Geppert, better known as Christopher Cross, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist famed for his soft rock hits like "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" that dominated the early 1980s.
E525634 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: Christopher Charles Geppert | Statement: [Christopher Cross, birthName, Christopher Charles Geppert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Charles Geppert
Context triple: [Christopher Cross, birthName, Christopher Charles Geppert]
  • A. Michael Schultz
    Michael Schultz is an American film and television director best known for his influential work on 1970s comedies and dramas, including the cult classic "Car Wash."
  • B. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • C. Justin E. Driscoll
    Justin E. Driscoll is an American energy executive who leads the New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility.
  • D. Chris Ridenhour
    Chris Ridenhour is a film composer known for scoring numerous low-budget genre movies, including works produced by The Asylum.
  • E. Christopher Memminger
    Christopher Memminger was a German-born American politician and lawyer who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • 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: Christopher Charles Geppert
Triple: [Christopher Cross, birthName, Christopher Charles Geppert]
Generated description
Christopher Charles Geppert, better known as Christopher Cross, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist famed for his soft rock hits like "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" that dominated the early 1980s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christopher Charles Geppert
Target entity description: Christopher Charles Geppert, better known as Christopher Cross, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist famed for his soft rock hits like "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" that dominated the early 1980s.
  • A. Michael Schultz
    Michael Schultz is an American film and television director best known for his influential work on 1970s comedies and dramas, including the cult classic "Car Wash."
  • B. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • C. Justin E. Driscoll
    Justin E. Driscoll is an American energy executive who leads the New York Power Authority, the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility.
  • D. Chris Ridenhour
    Chris Ridenhour is a film composer known for scoring numerous low-budget genre movies, including works produced by The Asylum.
  • E. Christopher Memminger
    Christopher Memminger was a German-born American politician and lawyer who served as the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
  • 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_69bd446d05a8819092ad333a3f9c8d5c completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd84c5212481909cb3b5f43c0eedc0 completed March 20, 2026, 5:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf9535f8008190b91cf823e9484b4e completed March 22, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf95a5d43c81909523e16926cf5af6 completed March 22, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf95f854208190a408dff43e760cab completed March 22, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.