Triple

T6267878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Blind Boys of Alabama E140458 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Bobby Butler
Bobby Butler is a gospel singer best known as a member of the legendary vocal group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
E581196 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: Bobby Butler | Statement: [The Blind Boys of Alabama, notableMember, Bobby Butler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bobby Butler
Context triple: [The Blind Boys of Alabama, notableMember, Bobby Butler]
  • A. Bobby Bowman
    Bobby Bowman is a television writer and producer best known for his work on the comedy series "My Name Is Earl."
  • B. Bobby Benson
    Bobby Benson is the young boy who befriends the alien visitor Klaatu in the classic 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
  • C. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • D. Bobby Reed
    Bobby Reed was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc.
  • E. Bobby Morrow
    Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for dominating the 100m and 200m events in the mid-1950s.
  • 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: Bobby Butler
Triple: [The Blind Boys of Alabama, notableMember, Bobby Butler]
Generated description
Bobby Butler is a gospel singer best known 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: Bobby Butler
Target entity description: Bobby Butler is a gospel singer best known as a member of the legendary vocal group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
  • A. Bobby Bowman
    Bobby Bowman is a television writer and producer best known for his work on the comedy series "My Name Is Earl."
  • B. Bobby Benson
    Bobby Benson is the young boy who befriends the alien visitor Klaatu in the classic 1951 science fiction film "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
  • C. Clifton McNeely
    Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach known for being the first overall pick in the inaugural 1947 BAA (now NBA) draft.
  • D. Bobby Reed
    Bobby Reed was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc.
  • E. Bobby Morrow
    Bobby Morrow was an American sprinter and three-time Olympic gold medalist renowned for dominating the 100m and 200m events in the mid-1950s.
  • 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_69c51939cc6081909e491bd16fab595b completed March 26, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c51c246b9c8190b22bc1afedd1956c completed March 26, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c51c9cc3488190abc90abe9ae2050b completed March 26, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:25 p.m.