Triple

T12559955
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! E295314 entity
Predicate panelistsInclude P73409 FINISHED
Object Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca is an American humorist, journalist, and actor known for his work as a correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning and as a panelist on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
 E991555 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: Mo Rocca | Statement: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Mo Rocca]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mo Rocca
Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Mo Rocca]
  • A. Danny Rocco
    Danny Rocco is an American college football coach best known for leading multiple FCS programs, including successful tenures at Liberty, Richmond, and the University of Delaware.
  • B. David Della Rocco
    David Della Rocco is an American actor best known for his cult-favorite role as the eccentric sidekick in the film "The Boondock Saints."
  • C. Sam Lavagnino
    Sam Lavagnino is an American child voice actor known for roles in animated television series and films, including work in the 2018 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch.
  • D. Marc Iacona
    Marc Iacona is an American arts executive and co-founder of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, known for his role in developing it into a major jazz event.
  • E. Dann Gallucci
    Dann Gallucci is an American guitarist and producer best known for his work with the indie rock band Modest Mouse and later as a member of The Murder City Devils.
  • 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: Mo Rocca
Triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Mo Rocca]
Generated description
Mo Rocca is an American humorist, journalist, and actor known for his work as a correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning and as a panelist 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: Mo Rocca
Target entity description: Mo Rocca is an American humorist, journalist, and actor known for his work as a correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning and as a panelist on NPR’s news quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
  • A. Danny Rocco
    Danny Rocco is an American college football coach best known for leading multiple FCS programs, including successful tenures at Liberty, Richmond, and the University of Delaware.
  • B. David Della Rocco
    David Della Rocco is an American actor best known for his cult-favorite role as the eccentric sidekick in the film "The Boondock Saints."
  • C. Sam Lavagnino
    Sam Lavagnino is an American child voice actor known for roles in animated television series and films, including work in the 2018 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch.
  • D. Marc Iacona
    Marc Iacona is an American arts executive and co-founder of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, known for his role in developing it into a major jazz event.
  • E. Dann Gallucci
    Dann Gallucci is an American guitarist and producer best known for his work with the indie rock band Modest Mouse and later as a member of The Murder City Devils.
  • 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_69d960c2e5b88190a7cc16002b218d8a completed April 10, 2026, 8:42 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.