Triple
T22128606
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story |
E546852
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Eric Appel |
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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: Eric Appel | Statement: [Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, writer, Eric Appel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eric Appel Context triple: [Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, writer, Eric Appel]
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A.
Eric Appel
chosen
Eric Appel is an American film and television director and writer known for his work on comedy projects including the action-comedy series "Die Hart."
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B.
Eric Zimmerman
Eric Zimmerman is a filmmaker and music video director known for creating visually distinctive videos for alternative and rock artists.
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C.
Dave Appell
Dave Appell was an American musician, arranger, and producer best known for his influential work in early rock and roll and pop music, particularly through his leadership at Cameo-Parkway Records in the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
Eric Friedheim
Eric Friedheim was a prominent American travel industry publisher and philanthropist best known for his leadership of Travel Weekly and support of travel journalism.
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E.
Richard Appel
Richard Appel is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Family Guy.
- 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_69e11e39bf348190b541bfa16a7b71e0 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12983acfc81908013f66acb31f198 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.