Triple
T22128607
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story |
E546852
|
entity |
| Predicate | writer |
P1360
|
FINISHED |
| Object | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
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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: "Weird Al" Yankovic | Statement: [Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, writer, "Weird Al" Yankovic]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "Weird Al" Yankovic Context triple: [Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, writer, "Weird Al" Yankovic]
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A.
Weird Al Yankovic
chosen
Weird Al Yankovic is an American musical comedian and satirist known for his parody songs and humorous music videos that spoof popular culture and hit singles.
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B.
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian best known for his novelty hits like "The Streak" and "Gitarzan."
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C.
Dr. Demento
Dr. Demento is an American radio broadcaster and music historian best known for his long-running novelty and comedy music show that helped launch the career of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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D.
Ben Silverstein
Ben Silverstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Silverstein surname, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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E.
Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his blue-collar comedy persona and his role as Mater in the Disney-Pixar Cars film series.
- 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.