Triple

T835657
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Asylum Records E18063 entity
Predicate signedArtist P16560 FINISHED
Object Tom Waits
Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor known for his gravelly voice, experimental songwriting, and dark, theatrical storytelling.
 E98614 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: Tom Waits | Statement: [Asylum Records, signedArtist, Tom Waits]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Waits
Context triple: [Asylum Records, signedArtist, Tom Waits]
  • A. Bonnie "Prince" Billy
    Bonnie "Prince" Billy is the stage name of American singer-songwriter and actor Will Oldham, known for his introspective, genre-blurring folk and alt-country music.
  • B. Bill Callahan
    Bill Callahan is an American singer-songwriter known for his baritone voice, literate lyrics, and influential work in indie and lo-fi music, both solo and under the moniker Smog.
  • C. Steven Van Zandt
    Steven Van Zandt is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a longtime guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role as Silvio Dante on the TV series The Sopranos.
  • D. Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder is an American guitarist, composer, and producer renowned for his slide guitar work and for exploring and popularizing diverse roots and world music traditions.
  • E. Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson is an American country singer-songwriter and actor known for penning classics like "Me and Bobby McGee" and for his influential role in the outlaw country movement.
  • 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: Tom Waits
Triple: [Asylum Records, signedArtist, Tom Waits]
Generated description
Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor known for his gravelly voice, experimental songwriting, and dark, theatrical storytelling.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tom Waits
Target entity description: Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor known for his gravelly voice, experimental songwriting, and dark, theatrical storytelling.
  • A. Bonnie "Prince" Billy
    Bonnie "Prince" Billy is the stage name of American singer-songwriter and actor Will Oldham, known for his introspective, genre-blurring folk and alt-country music.
  • B. Bill Callahan
    Bill Callahan is an American singer-songwriter known for his baritone voice, literate lyrics, and influential work in indie and lo-fi music, both solo and under the moniker Smog.
  • C. Steven Van Zandt
    Steven Van Zandt is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor best known as a longtime guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and for his role as Silvio Dante on the TV series The Sopranos.
  • D. Ry Cooder
    Ry Cooder is an American guitarist, composer, and producer renowned for his slide guitar work and for exploring and popularizing diverse roots and world music traditions.
  • E. Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson is an American country singer-songwriter and actor known for penning classics like "Me and Bobby McGee" and for his influential role in the outlaw country movement.
  • 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4abce08348190b716e3ce5a638f99 completed March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a76d9cddb48190b0d297c2cc9f3b3c completed March 3, 2026, 11:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a78e21f4ec81909bd9904554eb3f3f completed March 4, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a78ea8b5e481908aac07fe90017986 completed March 4, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.