Triple

T1408897
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fernwood 2 Night E31758 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object Fred Willard
Fred Willard was an American comedic actor and improviser known for his deadpan delivery and scene-stealing roles in mockumentaries like "Best in Show" and numerous television comedies.
E167027 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: Fred Willard | Statement: [Fernwood 2 Night, stars, Fred Willard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Willard
Context triple: [Fernwood 2 Night, stars, Fred Willard]
  • A. Jim Backus
    Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
  • B. Charles Grodin
    Charles Grodin was an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his deadpan delivery in films such as "The Heartbreak Kid," "Midnight Run," and the "Beethoven" series.
  • C. Bob Newhart
    Bob Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor renowned for his deadpan delivery and influential comedy albums and sitcoms, including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
  • D. Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.
  • E. Burgess Meredith
    Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director best known for his versatile character roles in film, television, and theater, including his iconic performance as the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series.
  • 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: Fred Willard
Triple: [Fernwood 2 Night, stars, Fred Willard]
Generated description
Fred Willard was an American comedic actor and improviser known for his deadpan delivery and scene-stealing roles in mockumentaries like "Best in Show" and numerous television comedies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Willard
Target entity description: Fred Willard was an American comedic actor and improviser known for his deadpan delivery and scene-stealing roles in mockumentaries like "Best in Show" and numerous television comedies.
  • A. Jim Backus
    Jim Backus was an American actor and voice artist best known for voicing the cartoon character Mr. Magoo and portraying Thurston Howell III on the television series "Gilligan's Island."
  • B. Charles Grodin
    Charles Grodin was an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his deadpan delivery in films such as "The Heartbreak Kid," "Midnight Run," and the "Beethoven" series.
  • C. Bob Newhart
    Bob Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor renowned for his deadpan delivery and influential comedy albums and sitcoms, including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
  • D. Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian-American actor best known for his deadpan comedic roles in films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after an earlier career in dramatic television and film.
  • E. Burgess Meredith
    Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director best known for his versatile character roles in film, television, and theater, including his iconic performance as the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series.
  • 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_69a49918e1f88190ba610f9dc8114578 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c3c10f44819085e1c4601423740d completed March 1, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad0e67dbf88190a2a15baca5b9e79d completed March 8, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad0edd84e4819081a23828e69cd9a1 completed March 8, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad0f90cdec81908a981e12184cdd75 completed March 8, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:59 p.m.