Triple

T12170685
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul White Award E289954 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist best known as the longtime anchor of ABC News’ late-night program "Nightline."
E967175 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: Ted Koppel | Statement: [Paul White Award, notableRecipient, Ted Koppel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Koppel
Context triple: [Paul White Award, notableRecipient, Ted Koppel]
  • A. Tom Snyder
    Tom Snyder was an American television personality and pioneering late-night talk show host known for his in-depth, conversational interview style on programs like "Tomorrow" and "The Late Late Show."
  • B. Douglas Edwards
    Douglas Edwards was an American broadcast journalist best known as the first network television news anchor in the United States, leading CBS’s flagship evening newscast in the early years of TV news.
  • C. Phil Donahue
    Phil Donahue is an American television host and media pioneer best known for creating and hosting the long-running, audience-participation talk show "The Phil Donahue Show."
  • D. Lowell Thomas
    Lowell Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler best known for popularizing T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) through his lectures and radio programs.
  • E. Robert Osborne
    Robert Osborne was an American film historian and television host best known for presenting and introducing classic movies on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
  • 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: Ted Koppel
Triple: [Paul White Award, notableRecipient, Ted Koppel]
Generated description
Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist best known as the longtime anchor of ABC News’ late-night program "Nightline."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ted Koppel
Target entity description: Ted Koppel is an American broadcast journalist best known as the longtime anchor of ABC News’ late-night program "Nightline."
  • A. Tom Snyder
    Tom Snyder was an American television personality and pioneering late-night talk show host known for his in-depth, conversational interview style on programs like "Tomorrow" and "The Late Late Show."
  • B. Douglas Edwards
    Douglas Edwards was an American broadcast journalist best known as the first network television news anchor in the United States, leading CBS’s flagship evening newscast in the early years of TV news.
  • C. Phil Donahue
    Phil Donahue is an American television host and media pioneer best known for creating and hosting the long-running, audience-participation talk show "The Phil Donahue Show."
  • D. Lowell Thomas
    Lowell Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler best known for popularizing T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) through his lectures and radio programs.
  • E. Robert Osborne
    Robert Osborne was an American film historian and television host best known for presenting and introducing classic movies on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
  • 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_69d6ab4d6c00819095a9a7c35de83cfb completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d915d9659481909c75b12aa836bbf3 completed April 10, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f5f6a6de3081908e5e0030c081d5a4 completed May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f603b639208190a284fcd7e88e9d54 completed May 2, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60491eaec8190a16472fd37740ea0 completed May 2, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:50 p.m.