Triple

T5970785
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ed Stasium E132865 entity
Predicate associatedAct P37 FINISHED
Object The Smithereens
The Smithereens are an American rock band known for their melodic, guitar-driven power pop sound that gained prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.
E559896 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: The Smithereens | Statement: [Ed Stasium, associatedAct, The Smithereens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Smithereens
Context triple: [Ed Stasium, associatedAct, The Smithereens]
  • A. The Posies
    The Posies are an American power pop and alternative rock band formed in the late 1980s, best known for their melodic songwriting and harmonies.
  • B. The Jim Carroll Band
    The Jim Carroll Band was a punk rock group formed by poet and author Jim Carroll, best known for their 1980 album "Catholic Boy" and its hit single "People Who Died."
  • C. The Rosebuds
    The Rosebuds are an American indie rock band from North Carolina known for their melodic, emotionally driven songs that blend pop, rock, and folk influences.
  • D. Throwing Muses
    Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
  • E. The Heartbreakers
    The Heartbreakers were a 1970s New York punk rock band led by Johnny Thunders, known for their raw sound and influential role in the early punk scene.
  • 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: The Smithereens
Triple: [Ed Stasium, associatedAct, The Smithereens]
Generated description
The Smithereens are an American rock band known for their melodic, guitar-driven power pop sound that gained prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Smithereens
Target entity description: The Smithereens are an American rock band known for their melodic, guitar-driven power pop sound that gained prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • A. The Posies
    The Posies are an American power pop and alternative rock band formed in the late 1980s, best known for their melodic songwriting and harmonies.
  • B. The Jim Carroll Band
    The Jim Carroll Band was a punk rock group formed by poet and author Jim Carroll, best known for their 1980 album "Catholic Boy" and its hit single "People Who Died."
  • C. The Rosebuds
    The Rosebuds are an American indie rock band from North Carolina known for their melodic, emotionally driven songs that blend pop, rock, and folk influences.
  • D. Throwing Muses
    Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
  • E. The Heartbreakers
    The Heartbreakers were a 1970s New York punk rock band led by Johnny Thunders, known for their raw sound and influential role in the early punk scene.
  • 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_69c0086deab081908550159ca23eec9b completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c03a4263e8819084e98e6c016c9532 completed March 22, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e40a67bc8190a57884f7c6aa1b9d completed March 23, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0f88f4e048190810351c4aebf363c completed March 23, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0f982c95c819081b2cf2c429c21bc completed March 23, 2026, 8:27 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:03 p.m.