Triple

T8134265
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercer Ellington E189929 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
"Things Ain’t What They Used to Be" is a jazz standard composed by Mercer Ellington that has become widely performed and recorded in the swing and big band repertoire.
E714120 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: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be | Statement: [Mercer Ellington, notableWork, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Context triple: [Mercer Ellington, notableWork, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be]
  • A. The Way It Used to Be
    "The Way It Used to Be" is a pop song by American singer-songwriter Mike Posner that reflects on nostalgia and the emotional aftermath of a past relationship.
  • B. The Way Life Used to Be
    "The Way Life Used to Be" is a track by Snoop Dogg from his album *Doggumentary*, reflecting on nostalgia and changes over time in his life and surroundings.
  • C. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
    "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, widely known for its smooth melody and nostalgic lyrics about lost romance and changing social life.
  • D. It Ain't No Use
    "It Ain't No Use" is a soulful track by Stevie Wonder featured on his acclaimed 1974 album *Fulfillingness' First Finale*.
  • E. It's the Same Old Song
    "It's the Same Old Song" is a 1965 Motown hit single by the Four Tops, known for its upbeat soul sound and enduring popularity as one of the group's signature songs.
  • 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: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Triple: [Mercer Ellington, notableWork, Things Ain’t What They Used to Be]
Generated description
"Things Ain’t What They Used to Be" is a jazz standard composed by Mercer Ellington that has become widely performed and recorded in the swing and big band repertoire.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Target entity description: "Things Ain’t What They Used to Be" is a jazz standard composed by Mercer Ellington that has become widely performed and recorded in the swing and big band repertoire.
  • A. The Way It Used to Be
    "The Way It Used to Be" is a pop song by American singer-songwriter Mike Posner that reflects on nostalgia and the emotional aftermath of a past relationship.
  • B. The Way Life Used to Be
    "The Way Life Used to Be" is a track by Snoop Dogg from his album *Doggumentary*, reflecting on nostalgia and changes over time in his life and surroundings.
  • C. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
    "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, widely known for its smooth melody and nostalgic lyrics about lost romance and changing social life.
  • D. It Ain't No Use
    "It Ain't No Use" is a soulful track by Stevie Wonder featured on his acclaimed 1974 album *Fulfillingness' First Finale*.
  • E. It's the Same Old Song
    "It's the Same Old Song" is a 1965 Motown hit single by the Four Tops, known for its upbeat soul sound and enduring popularity as one of the group's signature songs.
  • 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_69ca82bcb4848190a9a9d036ad768642 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb43bbae608190bdc1afe6f0ab83ae completed March 31, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc9488f0bc8190a4fdf6d021f54e13 completed April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc95c180188190a2d541e8ea9a4c57 completed April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc970cf55c8190abf432ac68d6bbc3 completed April 1, 2026, 3:54 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:35 p.m.