Triple
T7592744
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | I Heard It Through the Grapevine |
E179778
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Barrett Strong
Barrett Strong was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing several Motown classics, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."
|
E675784
|
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: Barrett Strong | Statement: [I Heard It Through the Grapevine, writer, Barrett Strong]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barrett Strong Context triple: [I Heard It Through the Grapevine, writer, Barrett Strong]
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A.
Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams is a writer best known for his work on the animated television special and series "Entergalactic," created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris.
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B.
Ben E. King
Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.
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C.
Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert was a pioneering Jamaican singer and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the founders of reggae music and the charismatic frontman of Toots and the Maytals.
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D.
Eddie Holland
Eddie Holland is an American songwriter and record producer best known as a member of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, who crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
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E.
Nickolas Ashford
Nickolas Ashford was an American songwriter, producer, and performer best known as half of the Motown hit-making duo Ashford & Simpson.
- 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: Barrett Strong Triple: [I Heard It Through the Grapevine, writer, Barrett Strong]
Generated description
Barrett Strong was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing several Motown classics, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Barrett Strong Target entity description: Barrett Strong was an American singer and songwriter best known for co-writing several Motown classics, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."
-
A.
Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams is a writer best known for his work on the animated television special and series "Entergalactic," created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris.
-
B.
Ben E. King
Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.
-
C.
Toots Hibbert
Toots Hibbert was a pioneering Jamaican singer and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the founders of reggae music and the charismatic frontman of Toots and the Maytals.
-
D.
Eddie Holland
Eddie Holland is an American songwriter and record producer best known as a member of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland–Dozier–Holland, who crafted numerous hits for acts like the Four Tops and the Supremes.
-
E.
Nickolas Ashford
Nickolas Ashford was an American songwriter, producer, and performer best known as half of the Motown hit-making duo Ashford & Simpson.
- 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_69c69f3487ec8190bf7acdf2dd91e6d6 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f9b92c348190b547f0aacfb8d6be |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c86197fe0881908307a411cabdca7f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c86223bfec8190b47f840e39c9a51a |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c862b8f3688190b0abc00458f70d7e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.