Triple

T9683
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Legend E196 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Roger Stephens
John Roger Stephens, better known as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor renowned for his soulful R&B music and multiple Grammy Awards.
 E21690 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: John Roger Stephens | Statement: [John Legend, birthName, John Roger Stephens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Roger Stephens
Context triple: [John Legend, birthName, John Roger Stephens]
  • A. Miles Theodore Stephens
    Miles Theodore Stephens is the son of model and television personality Chrissy Teigen and singer-songwriter John Legend.
  • B. Rory John Gates
    Rory John Gates is the only son of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and philanthropist Melinda French Gates, known for maintaining a relatively private life despite his high-profile family background.
  • C. Christopher Jones
    Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
  • D. Gavin
    Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Wes Wise
    Wes Wise is an American journalist and politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the 1970s.
  • 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: John Roger Stephens
Triple: [John Legend, birthName, John Roger Stephens]
Generated description
John Roger Stephens, better known as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor renowned for his soulful R&B music and multiple Grammy Awards.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Roger Stephens
Target entity description: John Roger Stephens, better known as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor renowned for his soulful R&B music and multiple Grammy Awards.
  • A. Miles Theodore Stephens
    Miles Theodore Stephens is the son of model and television personality Chrissy Teigen and singer-songwriter John Legend.
  • B. Rory John Gates
    Rory John Gates is the only son of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and philanthropist Melinda French Gates, known for maintaining a relatively private life despite his high-profile family background.
  • C. Christopher Jones
    Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
  • D. Gavin
    Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Wes Wise
    Wes Wise is an American journalist and politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, in the 1970s.
  • 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a23ff2f0508190806663ab2463cd41 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2e7dd6ee08190a99229eaf0ed2fff completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2e8f3e3c08190ae8c3f60eb530268 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2e9deddf4819090917d418b8daecb completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.