Triple
T1655108
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stephen Merchant |
E35779
|
entity |
| Predicate | workedOn |
P3
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)
The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated comedy series that visualizes the popular podcast conversations between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington.
|
E187731
|
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 Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) | Statement: [Stephen Merchant, workedOn, The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) Context triple: [Stephen Merchant, workedOn, The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)]
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A.
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of the television series "The Office."
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B.
Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, best known for their sketch show "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and the sitcom "Peep Show."
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C.
Portlandia
Portlandia is a satirical sketch comedy television series that humorously explores hipster culture and eccentric urban life in Portland, Oregon.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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 Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) Triple: [Stephen Merchant, workedOn, The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series)]
Generated description
The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated comedy series that visualizes the popular podcast conversations between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) Target entity description: The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated comedy series that visualizes the popular podcast conversations between Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington.
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A.
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director best known for co-creating and starring in the original UK version of the television series "The Office."
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B.
Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb are a British comedy double act, best known for their sketch show "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and the sitcom "Peep Show."
-
C.
Portlandia
Portlandia is a satirical sketch comedy television series that humorously explores hipster culture and eccentric urban life in Portland, Oregon.
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D.
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.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a8b597c81908a62b41718d85df6 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad6821d18c8190b411bb031c142580 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad68a9769081908a0748b8d02b8379 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad692d61288190ad0c0265f49643ac |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.