Triple
T18260027
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Melvin Frank |
E437322
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Statement: [Melvin Frank, notableWork, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Context triple: [Melvin Frank, notableWork, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]
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A.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
chosen
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a classic 1962 Broadway musical comedy, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, that farcically blends Roman-era antics with vaudeville-style humor.
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B.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future is a short, humorous and inspirational book by Michael J. Fox offering life lessons and reflections on optimism, resilience, and navigating adulthood.
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C.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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D.
Beyond the Fringe
Beyond the Fringe is a groundbreaking early-1960s British satirical stage revue that helped launch the modern era of sketch comedy and satire.
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E.
Follies
Follies is a celebrated Stephen Sondheim musical that nostalgically explores aging, memory, and lost dreams through a reunion of former showgirls in a crumbling Broadway theater.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b913351c8190932b6a426de04b41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4fd89899c8190b8b652c4f61aa5cf |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:34 a.m.