Triple

T9832229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben Folds E239013 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock piano trio known for its witty, piano-driven songs and 1990s hits like "Brick."
E824502 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: Ben Folds Five | Statement: [Ben Folds, notableWork, Ben Folds Five]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Folds Five
Context triple: [Ben Folds, notableWork, Ben Folds Five]
  • A. Fountains of Wayne
    Fountains of Wayne was an American power pop and alternative rock band best known for their melodic, hook-driven songs and the hit single "Stacy's Mom."
  • B. They Might Be Giants
    They Might Be Giants is a 1971 mystery-comedy film in which George C. Scott plays a man who believes he is Sherlock Holmes, exploring themes of imagination and sanity.
  • C. Ben Folds
    Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five and for his genre-blending solo work.
  • D. Fab Five
    Fab Five is the nickname for the early-1990s University of Michigan men’s basketball recruiting class—Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson—known for their cultural impact on college basketball with their style, swagger, and success.
  • E. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
    The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is a famously potent and mind-altering fictional cocktail from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," often described as the best drink in existence.
  • 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: Ben Folds Five
Triple: [Ben Folds, notableWork, Ben Folds Five]
Generated description
Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock piano trio known for its witty, piano-driven songs and 1990s hits like "Brick."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Folds Five
Target entity description: Ben Folds Five is an American alternative rock piano trio known for its witty, piano-driven songs and 1990s hits like "Brick."
  • A. Fountains of Wayne
    Fountains of Wayne was an American power pop and alternative rock band best known for their melodic, hook-driven songs and the hit single "Stacy's Mom."
  • B. They Might Be Giants
    They Might Be Giants is a 1971 mystery-comedy film in which George C. Scott plays a man who believes he is Sherlock Holmes, exploring themes of imagination and sanity.
  • C. Ben Folds
    Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five and for his genre-blending solo work.
  • D. Fab Five
    Fab Five is the nickname for the early-1990s University of Michigan men’s basketball recruiting class—Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson—known for their cultural impact on college basketball with their style, swagger, and success.
  • E. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
    The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is a famously potent and mind-altering fictional cocktail from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," often described as the best drink in existence.
  • 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_69ca84e314108190978324a4bdb959f8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb335623c8190902de29795bce87d completed April 2, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1d5c066a08190baabf3141c10d9f3 completed April 5, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1d749c0c481909b3917d4c028c2df completed April 5, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d7b1e4808190b9259e3e772cd274 completed April 5, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:32 p.m.