Triple

T17067800
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Crank Yankers E414132 entity
Predicate hasNotableCharacter P7927 FINISHED
Object Elmer Higgins
Elmer Higgins is a recurring puppet character on the prank-call comedy television series "Crank Yankers," known for his eccentric and humorous phone antics.
E1258856 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: Elmer Higgins | Statement: [Crank Yankers, hasNotableCharacter, Elmer Higgins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer Higgins
Context triple: [Crank Yankers, hasNotableCharacter, Elmer Higgins]
  • A. Holton D. Robinson
    Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
  • B. Elmer Blaney Harris
    Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
  • C. Horace Albert McKinney
    Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
  • D. Louis Gaines
    Louis Gaines is a fictional character in the film "The Butler," portrayed as the politically active son of White House butler Cecil Gaines, whose civil rights activism contrasts with his father's more reserved approach to racial injustice.
  • E. Hoke Smith
    Hoke Smith was an American politician from Georgia who served as both governor and U.S. senator and was influential in Progressive Era reforms, including agricultural and educational legislation.
  • 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: Elmer Higgins
Triple: [Crank Yankers, hasNotableCharacter, Elmer Higgins]
Generated description
Elmer Higgins is a recurring puppet character on the prank-call comedy television series "Crank Yankers," known for his eccentric and humorous phone antics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elmer Higgins
Target entity description: Elmer Higgins is a recurring puppet character on the prank-call comedy television series "Crank Yankers," known for his eccentric and humorous phone antics.
  • A. Holton D. Robinson
    Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
  • B. Elmer Blaney Harris
    Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
  • C. Horace Albert McKinney
    Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
  • D. Louis Gaines
    Louis Gaines is a fictional character in the film "The Butler," portrayed as the politically active son of White House butler Cecil Gaines, whose civil rights activism contrasts with his father's more reserved approach to racial injustice.
  • E. Hoke Smith
    Hoke Smith was an American politician from Georgia who served as both governor and U.S. senator and was influential in Progressive Era reforms, including agricultural and educational legislation.
  • 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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3dbbddd708190a6192466b7dfd606 completed April 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0170df4d1c81909dd05abfd1cfc2ac completed May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0172a34194819094c290be86ec0e7e completed May 11, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01732467408190b78c32296e20b55f completed May 11, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.