Triple
T14053611
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Smothers Brothers Show |
E338154
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Tom Smothers (character) |
E892250
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Smothers (character) | Statement: [The Smothers Brothers Show, hasMainCharacter, Tom Smothers (character)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Smothers (character) Context triple: [The Smothers Brothers Show, hasMainCharacter, Tom Smothers (character)]
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A.
Tom Smothers
chosen
Tom Smothers was an American comedian, musician, and television personality best known as half of the folk-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, whose sharp political satire made them influential figures in 1960s American television.
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B.
Dick Smothers
Dick Smothers is an American comedian, musician, and actor best known as one half of the Smothers Brothers duo, whose satirical and musical performances gained prominence in the 1960s.
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C.
Dobie Gillis
Dobie Gillis is a fictional American teenager best known as the charming, often lovestruck protagonist of Max Shulman’s stories and the 1950s–60s TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis."
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D.
Tony Donald
Tony Donald is a musician best known as an early member of the Scottish rock band Simple Minds.
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E.
Johnny Best
Johnny Best was the father of original Beatles drummer Pete Best and a figure associated with the early Liverpool music scene.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de3c8bc54c8190a12f0fc056568538 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 1:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcb65e63b48190bd5bd4a36cd15396 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 3:57 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.