Triple

T12559956
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! E295314 entity
Predicate panelistsInclude P73409 FINISHED
Object Tom Bodett
Tom Bodett is an American author, humorist, and radio personality best known as the longtime spokesperson for Motel 6 and a frequent panelist on NPR programs.
E1007395 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: Tom Bodett | Statement: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Tom Bodett]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Bodett
Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Tom Bodett]
  • A. Tim Bessolo
    Tim Bessolo is an individual recognized by the NCAA with its prestigious Award of Valor for extraordinary courage and heroism.
  • B. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • C. Marc Wydell
    Marc Wydell is a central character in the animated film "Ron's Gone Wrong," depicted as a socially awkward middle-schooler whose malfunctioning robot friend helps him navigate friendship and growing up in a hyper-connected digital world.
  • D. Paul Hackett
    Paul Hackett is a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran best known for his high-profile 2005 special election campaign as a Democratic congressional candidate in Ohio.
  • E. Michael Boughen
    Michael Boughen is a film producer known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the Jason Statham–starring film "Killer Elite."
  • 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: Tom Bodett
Triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Tom Bodett]
Generated description
Tom Bodett is an American author, humorist, and radio personality best known as the longtime spokesperson for Motel 6 and a frequent panelist on NPR programs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Bodett
Target entity description: Tom Bodett is an American author, humorist, and radio personality best known as the longtime spokesperson for Motel 6 and a frequent panelist on NPR programs.
  • A. Tim Bessolo
    Tim Bessolo is an individual recognized by the NCAA with its prestigious Award of Valor for extraordinary courage and heroism.
  • B. Jay Gorney
    Jay Gorney was an American composer best known for writing socially conscious songs for Broadway and film, including the music for the classic Depression-era anthem "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  • C. Marc Wydell
    Marc Wydell is a central character in the animated film "Ron's Gone Wrong," depicted as a socially awkward middle-schooler whose malfunctioning robot friend helps him navigate friendship and growing up in a hyper-connected digital world.
  • D. Paul Hackett
    Paul Hackett is a former U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran best known for his high-profile 2005 special election campaign as a Democratic congressional candidate in Ohio.
  • E. Michael Boughen
    Michael Boughen is a film producer known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the Jason Statham–starring film "Killer Elite."
  • 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_69f69b847de481908163d59cc939e132 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69c69bb608190a3fb27227cd742b1 completed May 3, 2026, 12:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d4ef7988190890f8a62280aa673 completed May 3, 2026, 12:56 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m.