Triple

T1131196
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Zoo TV Tour E23032 entity
Predicate introducedCharacter P12208 FINISHED
Object Mirror Ball Man
Mirror Ball Man is a flashy, televangelist-style alter ego adopted by U2’s Bono during the Zoo TV Tour to satirize media excess, consumerism, and rock-star celebrity.
E130378 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: Mirror Ball Man | Statement: [Zoo TV Tour, introducedCharacter, Mirror Ball Man]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mirror Ball Man
Context triple: [Zoo TV Tour, introducedCharacter, Mirror Ball Man]
  • A. The Ball
    The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
  • B. Snap the Whip
    Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
  • C. Kill the DJ
    "Kill the DJ" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Uno!, noted for its dance-punk style and politically tinged lyrics.
  • D. Moonman
    Moonman is the iconic astronaut-shaped statuette awarded to winners of the MTV Video Music Awards.
  • E. Dancing on the Ceiling
    Dancing on the Ceiling is a 1986 pop song by Lionel Richie known for its upbeat, celebratory style and innovative music video featuring gravity-defying dance scenes.
  • 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: Mirror Ball Man
Triple: [Zoo TV Tour, introducedCharacter, Mirror Ball Man]
Generated description
Mirror Ball Man is a flashy, televangelist-style alter ego adopted by U2’s Bono during the Zoo TV Tour to satirize media excess, consumerism, and rock-star celebrity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mirror Ball Man
Target entity description: Mirror Ball Man is a flashy, televangelist-style alter ego adopted by U2’s Bono during the Zoo TV Tour to satirize media excess, consumerism, and rock-star celebrity.
  • A. The Ball
    The Ball is the popular nickname for Reunion Tower, a distinctive geodesic observation tower and Dallas landmark known for its glowing spherical top.
  • B. Snap the Whip
    Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
  • C. Kill the DJ
    "Kill the DJ" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Uno!, noted for its dance-punk style and politically tinged lyrics.
  • D. Moonman
    Moonman is the iconic astronaut-shaped statuette awarded to winners of the MTV Video Music Awards.
  • E. Dancing on the Ceiling
    Dancing on the Ceiling is a 1986 pop song by Lionel Richie known for its upbeat, celebratory style and innovative music video featuring gravity-defying dance scenes.
  • 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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bbfb673081909773acc669ad08c8 completed March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac59aa261881908c7ceedf710ee9c8 completed March 7, 2026, 5 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac5b0edea081909cc734a11aaf452e completed March 7, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac5b78810c8190aa1ca58a577b53bf completed March 7, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.