Triple

T5787789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mel Tormé E128310 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object Robert Wells
Robert Wells was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for co-writing classic popular songs, including holiday standards, often in collaboration with prominent singers like Mel Tormé.
 E566861 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: Robert Wells | Statement: [Mel Tormé, collaboratedWith, Robert Wells]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Wells
Context triple: [Mel Tormé, collaboratedWith, Robert Wells]
  • A. Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • B. Ed Wynn
    Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
  • C. Richard Kiley
    Richard Kiley was an American stage and screen actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance as Don Quixote in the original Broadway production of "Man of La Mancha."
  • D. Robert Preston
    Robert Preston was an American actor best known for his Tony- and later film-winning portrayal of con man-turned-bandleader Harold Hill in "The Music Man."
  • E. Buddy Ebsen
    Buddy Ebsen was an American actor and dancer best known for his roles in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones."
  • 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: Robert Wells
Triple: [Mel Tormé, collaboratedWith, Robert Wells]
Generated description
Robert Wells was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for co-writing classic popular songs, including holiday standards, often in collaboration with prominent singers like Mel Tormé.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Wells
Target entity description: Robert Wells was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for co-writing classic popular songs, including holiday standards, often in collaboration with prominent singers like Mel Tormé.
  • A. Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • B. Ed Wynn
    Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
  • C. Richard Kiley
    Richard Kiley was an American stage and screen actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance as Don Quixote in the original Broadway production of "Man of La Mancha."
  • D. Robert Preston
    Robert Preston was an American actor best known for his Tony- and later film-winning portrayal of con man-turned-bandleader Harold Hill in "The Music Man."
  • E. Buddy Ebsen
    Buddy Ebsen was an American actor and dancer best known for his roles in the television series "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Barnaby Jones."
  • 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a5297c88190bd28adb2552a26f4 completed March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11ca837848190aace9f7d6109bff7 completed March 23, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11d9102648190a61e9a85ead0fff4 completed March 23, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11e76f5c48190adabb10472729cb2 completed March 23, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.