Triple

T1528950
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sanford and Son E32397 entity
Predicate basedOn P98 FINISHED
Object Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
E173467 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: Steptoe and Son | Statement: [Sanford and Son, basedOn, Steptoe and Son]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steptoe and Son
Context triple: [Sanford and Son, basedOn, Steptoe and Son]
  • A. Last of the Summer Wine
    Last of the Summer Wine is a long-running British television sitcom set in rural Yorkshire, following the humorous misadventures of a group of elderly friends.
  • B. Fawlty Towers
    Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
  • C. Hancock's Half Hour
    Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
  • D. Till Death Us Do Part
    Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that satirically portrays working-class life and bigotry through the character of the outspoken, conservative Alf Garnett.
  • E. Ripping Yarns
    Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series created by and starring Michael Palin that parodies old-fashioned adventure and boys’ own stories.
  • 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: Steptoe and Son
Triple: [Sanford and Son, basedOn, Steptoe and Son]
Generated description
Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steptoe and Son
Target entity description: Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
  • A. Last of the Summer Wine
    Last of the Summer Wine is a long-running British television sitcom set in rural Yorkshire, following the humorous misadventures of a group of elderly friends.
  • B. Fawlty Towers
    Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
  • C. Hancock's Half Hour
    Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
  • D. Till Death Us Do Part
    Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that satirically portrays working-class life and bigotry through the character of the outspoken, conservative Alf Garnett.
  • E. Ripping Yarns
    Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series created by and starring Michael Palin that parodies old-fashioned adventure and boys’ own stories.
  • 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_69a885ea86308190998f6bc14bb91f8e completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb1dfd1a48190804ca5f0fb6f5985 completed March 7, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad2955dc788190988ebf911714437b completed March 8, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad2a18a79c81908f04ba9aa55d52a0 completed March 8, 2026, 7:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad2a8deae8819095731fdd1b4bd310 completed March 8, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.