Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ben Folds E239013 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Way to Normal
Way to Normal is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds, known for its energetic piano rock sound and witty, narrative-driven lyrics.
 E824505 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: Way to Normal | Statement: [Ben Folds, notableWork, Way to Normal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Way to Normal
Context triple: [Ben Folds, notableWork, Way to Normal]
  • A. Attempting Normal
    Attempting Normal is a comedic memoir by stand-up comedian and podcaster Marc Maron, chronicling his personal struggles, career setbacks, and search for meaning with raw honesty and dark humor.
  • B. Normal
    Normal is a Mexico City Metro station on Line 2 that serves the San Rafael neighborhood near several educational institutions.
  • C. Normal
    Normal is a central Illinois town best known as the home of Illinois State University and part of the twin-city community with Bloomington.
  • D. Norm
    Norm is a masculine given name, often a shortened form of Norman, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Approaching Normal
    Approaching Normal is a studio album by American alternative rock band Blue October, known for its emotionally charged lyrics and polished, radio-friendly sound.
  • 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: Way to Normal
Triple: [Ben Folds, notableWork, Way to Normal]
Generated description
Way to Normal is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds, known for its energetic piano rock sound and witty, narrative-driven lyrics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Way to Normal
Target entity description: Way to Normal is a 2008 studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds, known for its energetic piano rock sound and witty, narrative-driven lyrics.
  • A. Attempting Normal
    Attempting Normal is a comedic memoir by stand-up comedian and podcaster Marc Maron, chronicling his personal struggles, career setbacks, and search for meaning with raw honesty and dark humor.
  • B. Normal
    Normal is a Mexico City Metro station on Line 2 that serves the San Rafael neighborhood near several educational institutions.
  • C. Normal
    Normal is a central Illinois town best known as the home of Illinois State University and part of the twin-city community with Bloomington.
  • D. Norm
    Norm is a masculine given name, often a shortened form of Norman, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. Approaching Normal
    Approaching Normal is a studio album by American alternative rock band Blue October, known for its emotionally charged lyrics and polished, radio-friendly sound.
  • 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.