Triple

T5393712
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dirt Road Blues E120596 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn is a Canadian record producer, musician, and audio engineer known for his atmospheric work with artists such as Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Daniel Lanois.
E517298 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: Malcolm Burn | Statement: [Dirt Road Blues, producer, Malcolm Burn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malcolm Burn
Context triple: [Dirt Road Blues, producer, Malcolm Burn]
  • A. Malcolm Elliott
    Malcolm Elliott was a notable figure in Alaska’s history, commemorated by having the Elliott Highway named in his honor.
  • B. Malcolm Ross
    Malcolm Ross is a linguist known for his influential work on the classification and historical relationships of Papuan and Oceanic languages, particularly in the Northwest Solomonic region.
  • C. Malcolm Cooke
    Malcolm Cooke is a film editor known for his work on the 1986 monster movie "King Kong Lives."
  • D. Malcolm Kirk
    Malcolm Kirk was an English professional wrestler known for his imposing size and for tragically dying in the ring during a match in 1987.
  • E. Billy Talbot
    Billy Talbot is an American bassist best known as a founding member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse.
  • 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: Malcolm Burn
Triple: [Dirt Road Blues, producer, Malcolm Burn]
Generated description
Malcolm Burn is a Canadian record producer, musician, and audio engineer known for his atmospheric work with artists such as Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Daniel Lanois.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malcolm Burn
Target entity description: Malcolm Burn is a Canadian record producer, musician, and audio engineer known for his atmospheric work with artists such as Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Daniel Lanois.
  • A. Malcolm Elliott
    Malcolm Elliott was a notable figure in Alaska’s history, commemorated by having the Elliott Highway named in his honor.
  • B. Malcolm Ross
    Malcolm Ross is a linguist known for his influential work on the classification and historical relationships of Papuan and Oceanic languages, particularly in the Northwest Solomonic region.
  • C. Malcolm Cooke
    Malcolm Cooke is a film editor known for his work on the 1986 monster movie "King Kong Lives."
  • D. Malcolm Kirk
    Malcolm Kirk was an English professional wrestler known for his imposing size and for tragically dying in the ring during a match in 1987.
  • E. Billy Talbot
    Billy Talbot is an American bassist best known as a founding member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse.
  • 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_69bd4637b92c8190b815b6443ae4b323 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd871b81d08190993928e2c6251226 completed March 20, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf336d43a081909ab05d237c297c7b completed March 22, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf33e3b9ac819091cb000a98a505cd completed March 22, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf349a746481909a8ba2a854e29449 completed March 22, 2026, 12:15 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:04 p.m.