Triple

T8085394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patterson E188718 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ben Patterson
Ben Patterson was an American artist and musician known as a pioneering figure in the Fluxus movement and for his experimental, often humorous performance works.
 E734673 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: Ben Patterson | Statement: [Patterson, hasNotableBearer, Ben Patterson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Patterson
Context triple: [Patterson, hasNotableBearer, Ben Patterson]
  • A. Neal Patterson
    Neal Patterson was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the health information technology company Cerner Corporation.
  • B. Al Sutton
    Al Sutton is a music producer and engineer known for his work with rock bands such as Kid Rock and the Detroit Cobras.
  • C. Pat Buttram
    Pat Buttram was an American character actor and comedian best known for his distinctive nasal voice and roles in Westerns and as Mr. Haney on the television series "Green Acres."
  • D. Dennis Patterson
    Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
  • E. Jeff McIlwain
    Jeff McIlwain is an electronic music producer and film composer best known for his work under the moniker Lusine, blending ambient, techno, and experimental sounds.
  • 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: Ben Patterson
Triple: [Patterson, hasNotableBearer, Ben Patterson]
Generated description
Ben Patterson was an American artist and musician known as a pioneering figure in the Fluxus movement and for his experimental, often humorous performance works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Ben Patterson
Target entity description: Ben Patterson was an American artist and musician known as a pioneering figure in the Fluxus movement and for his experimental, often humorous performance works.
  • A. Neal Patterson
    Neal Patterson was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the health information technology company Cerner Corporation.
  • B. Al Sutton
    Al Sutton is a music producer and engineer known for his work with rock bands such as Kid Rock and the Detroit Cobras.
  • C. Pat Buttram
    Pat Buttram was an American character actor and comedian best known for his distinctive nasal voice and roles in Westerns and as Mr. Haney on the television series "Green Acres."
  • D. Dennis Patterson
    Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
  • E. Jeff McIlwain
    Jeff McIlwain is an electronic music producer and film composer best known for his work under the moniker Lusine, blending ambient, techno, and experimental sounds.
  • 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_69ca82b662e88190b9323daab8c28a21 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb415f73808190b69db386b447062e completed March 31, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1c8a492c8190bb17895127bb6a82 completed April 2, 2026, 7:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce204dabf08190be024eede40ba47d completed April 2, 2026, 7:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce20b0e238819086a88e5db6b3382f completed April 2, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:29 p.m.