Triple

T7074769
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Buddy DeSylva E164788 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object George Gard DeSylva
George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva was an American songwriter, record executive, and film producer best known as a co-founder of Capitol Records and for writing numerous popular songs in the early 20th century.
E639814 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: George Gard DeSylva | Statement: [Buddy DeSylva, fullName, George Gard DeSylva]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Gard DeSylva
Context triple: [Buddy DeSylva, fullName, George Gard DeSylva]
  • A. Marshall Neilan
    Marshall Neilan was an influential American film director, actor, and screenwriter of the silent era, known for his work with stars like Mary Pickford and for helping shape early Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Ivor Novello
    Ivor Novello was a Welsh composer, singer, and actor of the early 20th century, renowned for his popular songs and musical theatre works in Britain.
  • C. Reginald Owen
    Reginald Owen was a British-born character actor known for his prolific Hollywood career in the early to mid-20th century, often appearing in classic films alongside major stars.
  • D. Henry Bumstead
    Henry Bumstead was an acclaimed American film art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and long collaborations with directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Clint Eastwood.
  • E. Alfred Crowe
    Alfred Crowe is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Crowe.
  • 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: George Gard DeSylva
Triple: [Buddy DeSylva, fullName, George Gard DeSylva]
Generated description
George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva was an American songwriter, record executive, and film producer best known as a co-founder of Capitol Records and for writing numerous popular songs in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Gard DeSylva
Target entity description: George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva was an American songwriter, record executive, and film producer best known as a co-founder of Capitol Records and for writing numerous popular songs in the early 20th century.
  • A. Marshall Neilan
    Marshall Neilan was an influential American film director, actor, and screenwriter of the silent era, known for his work with stars like Mary Pickford and for helping shape early Hollywood cinema.
  • B. Ivor Novello
    Ivor Novello was a Welsh composer, singer, and actor of the early 20th century, renowned for his popular songs and musical theatre works in Britain.
  • C. Reginald Owen
    Reginald Owen was a British-born character actor known for his prolific Hollywood career in the early to mid-20th century, often appearing in classic films alongside major stars.
  • D. Henry Bumstead
    Henry Bumstead was an acclaimed American film art director and production designer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and long collaborations with directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Clint Eastwood.
  • E. Alfred Crowe
    Alfred Crowe is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Crowe.
  • 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_69c6887cbc6c8190bdfac42d940f4d8a completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e4ccb42c81909f5627aa97db7a84 completed March 27, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c794641dd481908df979600b7a8e92 completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7950271a48190b6e0c3f307ebdc5a completed March 28, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7957439b8819081fb2721bbd8b65c completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:39 p.m.