Triple
T11319110
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Townsend |
E268044
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime
Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime is a 1987 television comedy special featuring filmmaker-comedian Robert Townsend in a series of satirical sketches that helped launch the careers of several prominent Black comedians.
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E918922
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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: Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime | Statement: [Robert Townsend, notableWork, Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime Context triple: [Robert Townsend, notableWork, Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime]
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A.
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
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B.
Hubert & Folsom
Hubert & Folsom is a professional partnership or firm associated with Hubert M. S. G. H. F. Folsom, likely operating in a specialized service field such as law, consulting, or finance.
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C.
The Man from Hollywood
The Man from Hollywood is a comedic segment in the anthology film Four Rooms, directed by Quentin Tarantino and featuring him as a charismatic high-stakes gambler in a tense, darkly humorous bet.
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D.
Tom, Dick and Harry
"Tom, Dick and Harry" is a 1941 American romantic comedy film starring George Murphy, known for its lighthearted love-triangle plot.
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E.
The Stooge
The Stooge is a 1952 comedy film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, centered on a vaudeville act whose success hinges on an uncredited “stooge” partner.
- 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: Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime Triple: [Robert Townsend, notableWork, Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime]
Generated description
Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime is a 1987 television comedy special featuring filmmaker-comedian Robert Townsend in a series of satirical sketches that helped launch the careers of several prominent Black comedians.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime Target entity description: Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime is a 1987 television comedy special featuring filmmaker-comedian Robert Townsend in a series of satirical sketches that helped launch the careers of several prominent Black comedians.
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A.
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
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B.
Hubert & Folsom
Hubert & Folsom is a professional partnership or firm associated with Hubert M. S. G. H. F. Folsom, likely operating in a specialized service field such as law, consulting, or finance.
-
C.
The Man from Hollywood
The Man from Hollywood is a comedic segment in the anthology film Four Rooms, directed by Quentin Tarantino and featuring him as a charismatic high-stakes gambler in a tense, darkly humorous bet.
-
D.
Tom, Dick and Harry
"Tom, Dick and Harry" is a 1941 American romantic comedy film starring George Murphy, known for its lighthearted love-triangle plot.
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E.
The Stooge
The Stooge is a 1952 comedy film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, centered on a vaudeville act whose success hinges on an uncredited “stooge” partner.
- 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_69d6aaca5c24819083db46a30d86cb34 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9de875481908acfa56015d4b46f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e525e2549081909ec99e4c7006fd66 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e52c81449c8190847b64fa91a45b2e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e531b079708190ac9e19127d36a848 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.