Triple
T8568932
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam's Town |
E202877
|
entity |
| Predicate | producer |
P490
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mark Needham
Mark Needham is an American record producer, mixer, and audio engineer known for his work with prominent rock and alternative artists, including The Killers.
|
E742363
|
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: Mark Needham | Statement: [Sam's Town, producer, Mark Needham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Needham Context triple: [Sam's Town, producer, Mark Needham]
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A.
Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky is a prominent software engineer, blogger, and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Stack Overflow and the software company Fog Creek Software.
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B.
Michael Feathers
Michael Feathers is a software engineer, consultant, and author known for his influential work on legacy code, refactoring, and improving software design and maintainability.
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C.
Alex Heineman
Alex Heineman is a film producer known for his work on the historical thriller "Operation Finale" and other feature films.
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D.
Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt is a prominent software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
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E.
Mark Wilkinson
Mark Wilkinson is a British drum and bass DJ and record producer known for his energetic tracks and collaborations within the electronic music scene.
- 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: Mark Needham Triple: [Sam's Town, producer, Mark Needham]
Generated description
Mark Needham is an American record producer, mixer, and audio engineer known for his work with prominent rock and alternative artists, including The Killers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Needham Target entity description: Mark Needham is an American record producer, mixer, and audio engineer known for his work with prominent rock and alternative artists, including The Killers.
-
A.
Joel Spolsky
Joel Spolsky is a prominent software engineer, blogger, and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Stack Overflow and the software company Fog Creek Software.
-
B.
Michael Feathers
Michael Feathers is a software engineer, consultant, and author known for his influential work on legacy code, refactoring, and improving software design and maintainability.
-
C.
Alex Heineman
Alex Heineman is a film producer known for his work on the historical thriller "Operation Finale" and other feature films.
-
D.
Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt is a prominent software developer and author best known for co-writing the influential book "The Pragmatic Programmer."
-
E.
Mark Wilkinson
Mark Wilkinson is a British drum and bass DJ and record producer known for his energetic tracks and collaborations within the electronic music scene.
- 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_69ca8327b0a881908606ff860713964d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea3f28608190a07be8b324669a12 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce897a958c81909b611fac377e26ca |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce8a9df47c81909ba9ef8dff1db7b1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce8b48841c8190bcf11aeb25355649 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:21 p.m.