Triple

T6267876
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Blind Boys of Alabama E140458 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Ollie Thomas
Ollie Thomas is a gospel singer best known for his work as a member of the legendary vocal group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
E579421 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: Ollie Thomas | Statement: [The Blind Boys of Alabama, notableMember, Ollie Thomas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ollie Thomas
Context triple: [The Blind Boys of Alabama, notableMember, Ollie Thomas]
  • A. Jack Oliver
    Jack Oliver was an influential American geophysicist whose work on plate tectonics and seismic studies helped revolutionize our understanding of Earth's structure.
  • B. Ollie Jackson Armstrong
    Ollie Jackson Armstrong is the mother of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and has been mentioned in various accounts of his early life and family background.
  • C. Mike Eley
    Mike Eley is a British cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television dramas.
  • D. Oliver Hartley
    Oliver Hartley is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the Hartley surname, with no widely recognized public achievements or roles.
  • E. James Trevor Oliver
    James Trevor Oliver is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality known for his accessible cooking style and campaigns to improve public health and school meals.
  • 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: Ollie Thomas
Triple: [The Blind Boys of Alabama, notableMember, Ollie Thomas]
Generated description
Ollie Thomas is a gospel singer best known for his work as a member of the legendary vocal group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ollie Thomas
Target entity description: Ollie Thomas is a gospel singer best known for his work as a member of the legendary vocal group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
  • A. Jack Oliver
    Jack Oliver was an influential American geophysicist whose work on plate tectonics and seismic studies helped revolutionize our understanding of Earth's structure.
  • B. Ollie Jackson Armstrong
    Ollie Jackson Armstrong is the mother of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and has been mentioned in various accounts of his early life and family background.
  • C. Mike Eley
    Mike Eley is a British cinematographer known for his work on acclaimed films and television dramas.
  • D. Oliver Hartley
    Oliver Hartley is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the Hartley surname, with no widely recognized public achievements or roles.
  • E. James Trevor Oliver
    James Trevor Oliver is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality known for his accessible cooking style and campaigns to improve public health and school meals.
  • 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_69c008cabc4081909723e2547c9d6cc0 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c063a0f2548190a2f5c307bc5a67cf completed March 22, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c2445ba40c8190a51817ba80015238 completed March 24, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2463fa86081909cd1a8e781de60d9 completed March 24, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c246cd73608190a76e1d99da153338 completed March 24, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.