Triple

T9044153
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alma Cogan E216712 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"
"I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" is a popular mid-1950s novelty pop song best known through the hit recording by British singer Alma Cogan.
 E775398 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: "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" | Statement: [Alma Cogan, notableWork, "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"
Context triple: [Alma Cogan, notableWork, "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"]
  • A. You Can’t Dance
    "You Can’t Dance" is a song featured on the album "Radio."
  • B. It Ain’t Necessarily So
    "It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
  • C. “Saturday Night Waltz”
    “Saturday Night Waltz” is a lyrical, folk-inflected dance episode from Aaron Copland’s ballet *Rodeo*, evoking a nostalgic American frontier atmosphere.
  • D. "These Foolish Things"
    "These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.
  • E. "I'll Never Write My Memoirs"
    "I'll Never Write My Memoirs" is the autobiography of iconic singer, model, and actress Grace Jones, chronicling her life, career, and influence on music, fashion, and pop culture.
  • 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: "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"
Triple: [Alma Cogan, notableWork, "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"]
Generated description
"I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" is a popular mid-1950s novelty pop song best known through the hit recording by British singer Alma Cogan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"
Target entity description: "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango" is a popular mid-1950s novelty pop song best known through the hit recording by British singer Alma Cogan.
  • A. You Can’t Dance
    "You Can’t Dance" is a song featured on the album "Radio."
  • B. It Ain’t Necessarily So
    "It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
  • C. “Saturday Night Waltz”
    “Saturday Night Waltz” is a lyrical, folk-inflected dance episode from Aaron Copland’s ballet *Rodeo*, evoking a nostalgic American frontier atmosphere.
  • D. "These Foolish Things"
    "These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.
  • E. "I'll Never Write My Memoirs"
    "I'll Never Write My Memoirs" is the autobiography of iconic singer, model, and actress Grace Jones, chronicling her life, career, and influence on music, fashion, and pop culture.
  • 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_69ca83d22d488190adbce5e020e9cd1d completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6b137cec8190bd1b812c10d9542a completed April 1, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfeba4c5f48190b7fc85f2137dd93e completed April 3, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfecf7fce08190a9b80044a2ae9745 completed April 3, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cff0ea8c388190bd95233db9c69038 completed April 3, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:09 p.m.