Triple

T12559954
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! E295314 entity
Predicate panelistsInclude P73409 FINISHED
Object Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio personality known for her sharp, improvisational wit and frequent appearances on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
E991554 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Paula Poundstone | Statement: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Paula Poundstone]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paula Poundstone
Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Paula Poundstone]
  • A. Cheri Oteri
    Cheri Oteri is an American comedian and actress best known as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1990s, where she created several popular recurring characters.
  • B. Alex Borstein
    Alex Borstein is an American actress, comedian, and writer best known for voicing Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy and for her Emmy-winning role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
  • C. Tracey Ullman
    Tracey Ullman is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, and writer known for her sketch comedy shows and versatile character work across television, film, and stage.
  • D. Sandra Bernhard
    Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
  • E. Jen Silverman
    Jen Silverman is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for darkly comic, genre-blurring works that explore identity, queerness, and the uncanny.
  • 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: Paula Poundstone
Triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Paula Poundstone]
Generated description
Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio personality known for her sharp, improvisational wit and frequent appearances on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paula Poundstone
Target entity description: Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, and radio personality known for her sharp, improvisational wit and frequent appearances on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
  • A. Cheri Oteri
    Cheri Oteri is an American comedian and actress best known as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1990s, where she created several popular recurring characters.
  • B. Alex Borstein
    Alex Borstein is an American actress, comedian, and writer best known for voicing Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy and for her Emmy-winning role on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
  • C. Tracey Ullman
    Tracey Ullman is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, and writer known for her sketch comedy shows and versatile character work across television, film, and stage.
  • D. Sandra Bernhard
    Sandra Bernhard is an American comedian, actress, singer, and author known for her sharp, satirical stand-up and distinctive roles in film and television.
  • E. Jen Silverman
    Jen Silverman is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for darkly comic, genre-blurring works that explore identity, queerness, and the uncanny.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: panelistsInclude
Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Paula Poundstone]
  • A. hasSpeakersAmong chosen
    Indicates that a group, event, or entity includes one or more speakers drawn from a specified set or category.
  • B. interviewees
    Indicates that certain entities are the subjects or participants being questioned or evaluated in an interview process.
  • C. hasSpeakersIn
    Indicates that an entity (such as an event, conference, or session) includes or is associated with speakers located in or belonging to a specified place or group.
  • D. primarySpeakers
    Indicates the entities that are the main or most significant speakers associated with another entity (such as an event, recording, or language).
  • E. numberOfRegularPanelists
    Indicates the quantity of regular panelists associated with a given entity or event.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69d95f5507b481908d13cc317b7402f6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:36 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d95410d0b0819097646edd1b837104 completed April 10, 2026, 7:48 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.