Triple
T12559941
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! |
E295314
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Doug Berman
Doug Berman is an American radio producer best known for creating and producing popular NPR programs, including the news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" and the car-advice show "Car Talk."
|
E992262
|
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: Doug Berman | Statement: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, creator, Doug Berman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Berman Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, creator, Doug Berman]
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A.
Michael Glouberman
Michael Glouberman is a television writer and producer best known for his work on the acclaimed sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
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B.
Paul Kahn
Paul Kahn is a notable individual whose specific public recognition or field of prominence is not clearly identifiable from the given information.
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C.
Ron Kass
Ron Kass was a music industry executive and film producer best known for his work with Apple Records and for being married to actress Joan Collins.
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D.
Jeffrey Cohen
Jeffrey Cohen is a songwriter best known for co-writing the theme song to the James Bond film "Licence to Kill."
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E.
Ian Kahn
Ian Kahn is an American actor best known for playing George Washington on the television series "Turn: Washington's Spies."
- 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: Doug Berman Triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, creator, Doug Berman]
Generated description
Doug Berman is an American radio producer best known for creating and producing popular NPR programs, including the news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" and the car-advice show "Car Talk."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doug Berman Target entity description: Doug Berman is an American radio producer best known for creating and producing popular NPR programs, including the news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" and the car-advice show "Car Talk."
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A.
Michael Glouberman
Michael Glouberman is a television writer and producer best known for his work on the acclaimed sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle."
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B.
Paul Kahn
Paul Kahn is a notable individual whose specific public recognition or field of prominence is not clearly identifiable from the given information.
-
C.
Ron Kass
Ron Kass was a music industry executive and film producer best known for his work with Apple Records and for being married to actress Joan Collins.
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D.
Jeffrey Cohen
Jeffrey Cohen is a songwriter best known for co-writing the theme song to the James Bond film "Licence to Kill."
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E.
Ian Kahn
Ian Kahn is an American actor best known for playing George Washington on the television series "Turn: Washington's Spies."
- 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_69f65eb71c548190826d243a354bd01c |
completed | May 2, 2026, 8:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6605bca10819086966e1574c31318 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 8:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6617997188190bfce14c54619af7f |
completed | May 2, 2026, 8:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.