Triple

T12559939
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! E295314 entity
Predicate announcer P7529 FINISHED
Object Bill Kurtis
Bill Kurtis is an American television journalist, producer, and narrator known for his work on true-crime programs and as the announcer for NPR’s quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
 E991548 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: Bill Kurtis | Statement: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, announcer, Bill Kurtis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Kurtis
Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, announcer, Bill Kurtis]
  • A. Stephen Haise
    Stephen Haise is the son of American astronaut Fred Haise, one of the Apollo 13 crew members.
  • B. Brian Lamb
    Brian Lamb is an American journalist and television executive best known as the founder and longtime CEO of the public affairs network C-SPAN.
  • C. Greg Kouri
    Greg Kouri was a Canadian entrepreneur and early investor best known for co-founding Zip2 alongside Elon and Kimbal Musk.
  • D. William Broyles Jr.
    William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • E. Howard Kurtz
    Howard Kurtz is an American journalist and media critic best known for hosting media analysis programs on Fox News and CNN and for his long-running media column in The Washington Post.
  • 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: Bill Kurtis
Triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, announcer, Bill Kurtis]
Generated description
Bill Kurtis is an American television journalist, producer, and narrator known for his work on true-crime programs and as the announcer for NPR’s quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Bill Kurtis
Target entity description: Bill Kurtis is an American television journalist, producer, and narrator known for his work on true-crime programs and as the announcer for NPR’s quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
  • A. Stephen Haise
    Stephen Haise is the son of American astronaut Fred Haise, one of the Apollo 13 crew members.
  • B. Brian Lamb
    Brian Lamb is an American journalist and television executive best known as the founder and longtime CEO of the public affairs network C-SPAN.
  • C. Greg Kouri
    Greg Kouri was a Canadian entrepreneur and early investor best known for co-founding Zip2 alongside Elon and Kimbal Musk.
  • D. William Broyles Jr.
    William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • E. Howard Kurtz
    Howard Kurtz is an American journalist and media critic best known for hosting media analysis programs on Fox News and CNN and for his long-running media column in The Washington Post.
  • 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_69d6ad9cac2c81908e8a7bed82d1e21d completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d954933e7c819083471c627ce55ff1 completed April 10, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6558b307c81909ec5407af013de1d completed May 2, 2026, 7:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f656a6dafc81908acf59c0ba65189a completed May 2, 2026, 7:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f65b4d109c8190b48c71f664e7bb3f completed May 2, 2026, 8:15 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.