Triple

T8319829
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scatman Crothers E194801 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor, singer, and musician renowned for his roles in films like "The Shining" and his distinctive voice work in animated productions.
 E744530 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: Benjamin Sherman Crothers | Statement: [Scatman Crothers, birthName, Benjamin Sherman Crothers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Context triple: [Scatman Crothers, birthName, Benjamin Sherman Crothers]
  • A. Robert Holbrook
    Robert Holbrook is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Holbrook.
  • B. Chester Adgate Congdon
    Chester Adgate Congdon was an American lawyer, mining magnate, and politician from Minnesota who amassed significant wealth from iron ore interests and commissioned Duluth’s landmark Glensheen mansion.
  • C. Charles Amos Cummings
    Charles Amos Cummings was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential work in Boston and his role in advancing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
  • D. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • E. George Holbrook
    George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th century.
  • 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: Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Triple: [Scatman Crothers, birthName, Benjamin Sherman Crothers]
Generated description
Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor, singer, and musician renowned for his roles in films like "The Shining" and his distinctive voice work in animated productions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Benjamin Sherman Crothers
Target entity description: Benjamin Sherman Crothers, better known as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor, singer, and musician renowned for his roles in films like "The Shining" and his distinctive voice work in animated productions.
  • A. Robert Holbrook
    Robert Holbrook is a person notable enough to be recognized as a distinguished bearer of the surname Holbrook.
  • B. Chester Adgate Congdon
    Chester Adgate Congdon was an American lawyer, mining magnate, and politician from Minnesota who amassed significant wealth from iron ore interests and commissioned Duluth’s landmark Glensheen mansion.
  • C. Charles Amos Cummings
    Charles Amos Cummings was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential work in Boston and his role in advancing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
  • D. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • E. George Holbrook
    George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th century.
  • 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_69ca82e7a8a88190a32bb5cc0feb012d completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7f6686a0819094abc2bfd2e500a5 completed March 31, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cea805b8bc8190924dcf2ab51ba1e7 completed April 2, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cea994f0ac819092fb34a0f2357611 completed April 2, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ceaa4c7ba08190be86cccc3a857656 completed April 2, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:55 p.m.