Triple

T5288705
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Standing in the Spotlight E119686 entity
Predicate hasPersonnel P1211 FINISHED
Object Ira Kaplan
Ira Kaplan is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the indie rock band Yo La Tengo.
 E508107 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: Ira Kaplan | Statement: [Standing in the Spotlight, hasPersonnel, Ira Kaplan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ira Kaplan
Context triple: [Standing in the Spotlight, hasPersonnel, Ira Kaplan]
  • A. David Byrne
    David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician, singer, songwriter, and artist best known as the frontman and co-founder of the influential new wave band Talking Heads.
  • B. Greg Morrisett
    Greg Morrisett is a computer scientist known for his work on programming languages and type systems, particularly in the design of safe and secure systems.
  • C. David Berman
    David Berman was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and indie rock musician best known for founding and fronting the influential band Silver Jews.
  • D. Van Dyke Parks
    Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his innovative work in pop and rock music, including his collaborations with artists like Brian Wilson and Joanna Newsom.
  • E. Stephen Malkmus
    Stephen Malkmus is an American indie rock musician best known as the frontman of Pavement and a key figure in the 1990s lo-fi movement.
  • 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: Ira Kaplan
Triple: [Standing in the Spotlight, hasPersonnel, Ira Kaplan]
Generated description
Ira Kaplan is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the indie rock band Yo La Tengo.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ira Kaplan
Target entity description: Ira Kaplan is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the indie rock band Yo La Tengo.
  • A. David Byrne
    David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician, singer, songwriter, and artist best known as the frontman and co-founder of the influential new wave band Talking Heads.
  • B. Greg Morrisett
    Greg Morrisett is a computer scientist known for his work on programming languages and type systems, particularly in the design of safe and secure systems.
  • C. David Berman
    David Berman was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and indie rock musician best known for founding and fronting the influential band Silver Jews.
  • D. Van Dyke Parks
    Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, and producer best known for his innovative work in pop and rock music, including his collaborations with artists like Brian Wilson and Joanna Newsom.
  • E. Stephen Malkmus
    Stephen Malkmus is an American indie rock musician best known as the frontman of Pavement and a key figure in the 1990s lo-fi movement.
  • 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_69bd446de5648190b313a90bd96730d2 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd84db300c8190a63ac51552f0e9a6 completed March 20, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf06ecf4748190ab2bdd672f4ab14d completed March 21, 2026, 9 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf090aa7c88190a66694cec6d6a370 completed March 21, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf09d3b8148190b79bdf3cb77000b4 completed March 21, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:52 p.m.