Triple

T12559960
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! E295314 entity
Predicate panelistsInclude P73409 FINISHED
Object Alonzo Bodden
Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television personality known for his sharp observational humor and frequent appearances on NPR’s comedy quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
E1007396 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: Alonzo Bodden | Statement: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Alonzo Bodden]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alonzo Bodden
Context triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Alonzo Bodden]
  • A. Alphonso McAuley
    Alphonso McAuley is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television comedies and films, including a starring role in the Netflix series "Girlboss."
  • B. Emelius Browne
    Emelius Browne is a charming but initially fraudulent magician and conman who becomes a key protagonist alongside Eglantine Price in Disney’s musical fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
  • C. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
  • D. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
  • E. Clarence McDonald
    Clarence McDonald is an American keyboardist, producer, and arranger known for his work in R&B, soul, and pop music with numerous prominent artists.
  • 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: Alonzo Bodden
Triple: [Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, panelistsInclude, Alonzo Bodden]
Generated description
Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television personality known for his sharp observational humor and frequent appearances on NPR’s comedy quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alonzo Bodden
Target entity description: Alonzo Bodden is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television personality known for his sharp observational humor and frequent appearances on NPR’s comedy quiz show "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!".
  • A. Alphonso McAuley
    Alphonso McAuley is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television comedies and films, including a starring role in the Netflix series "Girlboss."
  • B. Emelius Browne
    Emelius Browne is a charming but initially fraudulent magician and conman who becomes a key protagonist alongside Eglantine Price in Disney’s musical fantasy film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
  • C. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a music producer best known for his work on the track "Shadows."
  • D. Maurice McEndree
    Maurice McEndree is a cinematographer known for his work on the film "Faces."
  • E. Clarence McDonald
    Clarence McDonald is an American keyboardist, producer, and arranger known for his work in R&B, soul, and pop music with numerous prominent artists.
  • 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.