Triple
T7287979
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Funk Brothers |
E163922
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Earl Van Dyke
Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
|
E658525
|
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: Earl Van Dyke | Statement: [The Funk Brothers, notableMember, Earl Van Dyke]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl Van Dyke Context triple: [The Funk Brothers, notableMember, Earl Van Dyke]
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A.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
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B.
Earl Hurd
Earl Hurd was an American animator, director, and writer best known as a pioneer of cel animation and an influential early figure in the development of animated films.
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C.
Earl Jowitt
Earl Jowitt was the noble title held by William Jowitt, a prominent British Labour politician and Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Frank Otis
Frank Otis was an individual significant enough in U.S. military or aviation history that a major installation, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, was named in his honor.
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E.
Paul A. Dever
Paul A. Dever was an American politician who served as the 61st Governor of Massachusetts from 1949 to 1953.
- 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: Earl Van Dyke Triple: [The Funk Brothers, notableMember, Earl Van Dyke]
Generated description
Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Earl Van Dyke Target entity description: Earl Van Dyke was an American keyboardist and bandleader best known for his influential work on countless Motown hits as a core member of the label’s house band.
-
A.
Milton Van Dyke
Milton Van Dyke was an influential American fluid dynamicist and author known for his classic works on aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, including the widely used reference "An Album of Fluid Motion."
-
B.
Earl Hurd
Earl Hurd was an American animator, director, and writer best known as a pioneer of cel animation and an influential early figure in the development of animated films.
-
C.
Earl Jowitt
Earl Jowitt was the noble title held by William Jowitt, a prominent British Labour politician and Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Frank Otis
Frank Otis was an individual significant enough in U.S. military or aviation history that a major installation, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, was named in his honor.
-
E.
Paul A. Dever
Paul A. Dever was an American politician who served as the 61st Governor of Massachusetts from 1949 to 1953.
- 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_69c6886093b88190a254b1ce6db8bae7 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eb6a73fc8190ae5ce81fd3e46d87 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7fa702e508190a2a88d497c4ef9be |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7fc13167c819084ff05d780fc4394 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7fd453fac8190862000bd670b5695 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:09 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:59 p.m.