Triple

T12859153
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Beale E307537 entity
Predicate nickname P55 FINISHED
Object the mad prophet of the airwaves
The mad prophet of the airwaves is the on-air persona of Howard Beale, the deranged yet truth-telling television news anchor from the 1976 film "Network."
E1005869 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: the mad prophet of the airwaves | Statement: [Howard Beale, nickname, the mad prophet of the airwaves]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the mad prophet of the airwaves
Context triple: [Howard Beale, nickname, the mad prophet of the airwaves]
  • A. Black Radio
    Black Radio is a Grammy-winning album by jazz pianist and producer Robert Glasper that blends jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and neo-soul with an array of guest vocalists.
  • B. Prophets of Deceit
    Prophets of Deceit is a critical study of fascist and demagogic propaganda in the United States, co-authored by Leo Löwenthal and Norbert Guterman as part of the Frankfurt School’s analysis of authoritarianism.
  • C. Prophet of Regret
    The Prophet of Regret is a high-ranking Covenant Hierarch in the Halo universe, known for instigating the invasion of Earth and serving as a key alien adversary to the Master Chief.
  • D. The Free Radio
    The Free Radio is a short story by Salman Rushdie that explores themes of political manipulation, personal freedom, and disillusionment in post-Emergency India.
  • E. Stop Trying to Be God
    "Stop Trying to Be God" is a reflective, genre-blending track by Travis Scott featuring contributions from artists like Kid Cudi, James Blake, and Stevie Wonder, noted for its spiritual themes and atmospheric production.
  • 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: the mad prophet of the airwaves
Triple: [Howard Beale, nickname, the mad prophet of the airwaves]
Generated description
The mad prophet of the airwaves is the on-air persona of Howard Beale, the deranged yet truth-telling television news anchor from the 1976 film "Network."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the mad prophet of the airwaves
Target entity description: The mad prophet of the airwaves is the on-air persona of Howard Beale, the deranged yet truth-telling television news anchor from the 1976 film "Network."
  • A. Black Radio
    Black Radio is a Grammy-winning album by jazz pianist and producer Robert Glasper that blends jazz, hip-hop, R&B, and neo-soul with an array of guest vocalists.
  • B. Prophets of Deceit
    Prophets of Deceit is a critical study of fascist and demagogic propaganda in the United States, co-authored by Leo Löwenthal and Norbert Guterman as part of the Frankfurt School’s analysis of authoritarianism.
  • C. Prophet of Regret
    The Prophet of Regret is a high-ranking Covenant Hierarch in the Halo universe, known for instigating the invasion of Earth and serving as a key alien adversary to the Master Chief.
  • D. The Free Radio
    The Free Radio is a short story by Salman Rushdie that explores themes of political manipulation, personal freedom, and disillusionment in post-Emergency India.
  • E. Stop Trying to Be God
    "Stop Trying to Be God" is a reflective, genre-blending track by Travis Scott featuring contributions from artists like Kid Cudi, James Blake, and Stevie Wonder, noted for its spiritual themes and atmospheric production.
  • 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_69d7bdf5e7cc8190be357278bc5ba3bb completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d970242bd48190941cbae0315ebc3d completed April 10, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69bac0c1081909217d865aa8bf9a3 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69cc60c488190a5a71e25c075e9ff completed May 3, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d870a588190aa1444209085ed7e completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:37 p.m.