Triple
T2341800
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ziegfeld Follies |
E45041
|
entity |
| Predicate | notablePerformer |
P17435
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
W. C. Fields
W. C. Fields was a famed American comedian, actor, and writer known for his misanthropic persona, distinctive drawl, and influential work in vaudeville and early Hollywood films.
|
E258794
|
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: W. C. Fields | Statement: [Ziegfeld Follies, notablePerformer, W. C. Fields]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. C. Fields Context triple: [Ziegfeld Follies, notablePerformer, W. C. Fields]
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A.
Charley Chase
Charley Chase was an American silent and early sound film comedian, actor, and director best known for his work in short comedies at the Hal Roach Studios in the 1920s and 1930s.
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B.
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was a pioneering American silent film actor, comedian, and director renowned for his deadpan expression and innovative physical comedy.
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C.
Red Skelton
Red Skelton was a beloved American comedian, actor, and radio and television entertainer best known for his long-running TV variety show and iconic clown characters.
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D.
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor best known as one half of the legendary film comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
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E.
Bob Hope
Bob Hope was a British-American comedian and actor renowned for his quick wit, countless USO shows entertaining troops, and a long film and television career spanning much of the 20th century.
- 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: W. C. Fields Triple: [Ziegfeld Follies, notablePerformer, W. C. Fields]
Generated description
W. C. Fields was a famed American comedian, actor, and writer known for his misanthropic persona, distinctive drawl, and influential work in vaudeville and early Hollywood films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. C. Fields Target entity description: W. C. Fields was a famed American comedian, actor, and writer known for his misanthropic persona, distinctive drawl, and influential work in vaudeville and early Hollywood films.
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A.
Charley Chase
Charley Chase was an American silent and early sound film comedian, actor, and director best known for his work in short comedies at the Hal Roach Studios in the 1920s and 1930s.
-
B.
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was a pioneering American silent film actor, comedian, and director renowned for his deadpan expression and innovative physical comedy.
-
C.
Red Skelton
Red Skelton was a beloved American comedian, actor, and radio and television entertainer best known for his long-running TV variety show and iconic clown characters.
-
D.
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor best known as one half of the legendary film comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
-
E.
Bob Hope
Bob Hope was a British-American comedian and actor renowned for his quick wit, countless USO shows entertaining troops, and a long film and television career spanning much of the 20th century.
- 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_69a88917935081909b755dbf38e81024 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc6ad01fc81909e386986e9acc989 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae9622cdb08190835222482bd22cf4 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae977776ec8190ad5f7ce4594d73d9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae9b64daf08190afa6898242bde864 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 10:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:52 p.m.