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]
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.