Triple
T10891161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour |
E257176
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Smothers
Tom Smothers was an American comedian, musician, and television personality best known as half of the folk-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, whose sharp political satire made them influential figures in 1960s American television.
|
E892250
|
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: Tom Smothers | Statement: [The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, starring, Tom Smothers]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Smothers Context triple: [The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, starring, Tom Smothers]
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A.
Mike Douglas
Mike Douglas was an American singer and television talk show host best known for "The Mike Douglas Show," a popular daytime program that ran from the 1960s through the early 1980s.
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B.
Len Goodman
Len Goodman was a British professional ballroom dancer and television personality best known as a long-serving head judge on popular dance competition shows.
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C.
Don Hartman
Don Hartman was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies and musicals in the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Jack Paar
Jack Paar was an influential American television host and comedian best known for transforming late-night TV during his tenure on The Tonight Show in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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E.
Mel Allen
Mel Allen was a legendary American sportscaster best known as the longtime voice of the New York Yankees and one of baseball’s most iconic broadcasters.
- 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: Tom Smothers Triple: [The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, starring, Tom Smothers]
Generated description
Tom Smothers was an American comedian, musician, and television personality best known as half of the folk-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, whose sharp political satire made them influential figures in 1960s American television.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Smothers Target entity description: Tom Smothers was an American comedian, musician, and television personality best known as half of the folk-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, whose sharp political satire made them influential figures in 1960s American television.
-
A.
Mike Douglas
Mike Douglas was an American singer and television talk show host best known for "The Mike Douglas Show," a popular daytime program that ran from the 1960s through the early 1980s.
-
B.
Len Goodman
Len Goodman was a British professional ballroom dancer and television personality best known as a long-serving head judge on popular dance competition shows.
-
C.
Don Hartman
Don Hartman was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies and musicals in the 1930s and 1940s.
-
D.
Jack Paar
Jack Paar was an influential American television host and comedian best known for transforming late-night TV during his tenure on The Tonight Show in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
-
E.
Mel Allen
Mel Allen was a legendary American sportscaster best known as the longtime voice of the New York Yankees and one of baseball’s most iconic broadcasters.
- 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_69d6aa8550c8819095508a2ed9acf3db |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7520550c4819081296546c8f534f1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:15 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e1550d6b4081909483c5dfa6e85671 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:30 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e17d3060888190b3801272835b939a |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e1806bc1048190bcbff6f6d3d7da19 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:21 p.m.