Triple

T835836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject No Direction Home E18066 entity
Predicate featuresPerson P2308 FINISHED
Object Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
E98622 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: Mavis Staples | Statement: [No Direction Home, featuresPerson, Mavis Staples]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mavis Staples
Context triple: [No Direction Home, featuresPerson, Mavis Staples]
  • A. Mahalia Jackson
    Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
  • B. Gladys Knight
    Gladys Knight is an American soul and R&B singer, known as the "Empress of Soul," celebrated for her powerful vocals and hits with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips.
  • C. C. L. Franklin
    C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
  • D. Nina Simone
    Nina Simone was an influential American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist renowned for her powerful blend of jazz, blues, classical, and soul music.
  • E. Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
  • 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: Mavis Staples
Triple: [No Direction Home, featuresPerson, Mavis Staples]
Generated description
Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mavis Staples
Target entity description: Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
  • A. Mahalia Jackson
    Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
  • B. Gladys Knight
    Gladys Knight is an American soul and R&B singer, known as the "Empress of Soul," celebrated for her powerful vocals and hits with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips.
  • C. C. L. Franklin
    C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
  • D. Nina Simone
    Nina Simone was an influential American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist renowned for her powerful blend of jazz, blues, classical, and soul music.
  • E. Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
  • 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.