Triple

T9056596
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Magic (Pilot song) E217014 entity
Predicate songwriter P1141 FINISHED
Object David Paton
David Paton is a Scottish bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as the frontman of the band Pilot and for his work with artists such as Elton John and Kate Bush.
E780482 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: David Paton | Statement: [Magic (Pilot song), songwriter, David Paton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Paton
Context triple: [Magic (Pilot song), songwriter, David Paton]
  • A. David Paton
    David Paton was a 19th-century architect best known for designing the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.
  • B. Gordon Gunter
    Gordon Gunter was a prominent American marine biologist and fisheries scientist known for his influential research on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • C. Andrew Craigie
    Andrew Craigie was an 18th-century American apothecary and the first Apothecary General of the U.S. Army during the Revolutionary War.
  • D. Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • E. Duncan Campbell
    Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
  • 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: David Paton
Triple: [Magic (Pilot song), songwriter, David Paton]
Generated description
David Paton is a Scottish bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as the frontman of the band Pilot and for his work with artists such as Elton John and Kate Bush.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Paton
Target entity description: David Paton is a Scottish bassist, singer, and songwriter best known as the frontman of the band Pilot and for his work with artists such as Elton John and Kate Bush.
  • A. David Paton
    David Paton was a 19th-century architect best known for designing the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh.
  • B. Gordon Gunter
    Gordon Gunter was a prominent American marine biologist and fisheries scientist known for his influential research on the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • C. Andrew Craigie
    Andrew Craigie was an 18th-century American apothecary and the first Apothecary General of the U.S. Army during the Revolutionary War.
  • D. Bruce McCulloch
    Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
  • E. Duncan Campbell
    Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
  • 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_69ca83d4425481909a319dab847724ec completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc7a75d8e881909414d745ec054182 completed April 1, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d04774f4488190b4212ac516910251 completed April 3, 2026, 11:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d04935d4e88190acb4d65a2dc2bc8a completed April 3, 2026, 11:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049e6c4cc81909e08b5aaed9a88dc completed April 3, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:10 p.m.