Triple
T3197380
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury Theatre |
E66965
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
|
E336746
|
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: The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Statement: [Mercury Theatre, notableWork, The Mercury Theatre on the Air]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mercury Theatre on the Air Context triple: [Mercury Theatre, notableWork, The Mercury Theatre on the Air]
-
A.
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse was an influential American live television anthology drama series of the late 1940s and 1950s, known for showcasing original plays and launching the careers of notable directors, writers, and actors.
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B.
Mutual Radio Theater
Mutual Radio Theater was a late-era American radio drama anthology series that helped revive classic radio storytelling on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
La voix humaine
La voix humaine is a one-act monodrama opera by Francis Poulenc, based on Jean Cocteau’s play, depicting a woman’s emotional breakdown during a final phone call with her lover.
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D.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
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E.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
- 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: The Mercury Theatre on the Air Triple: [Mercury Theatre, notableWork, The Mercury Theatre on the Air]
Generated description
The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mercury Theatre on the Air Target entity description: The Mercury Theatre on the Air was a 1938 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles and John Houseman, best known for its innovative, cinematic adaptations of literary classics and the infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
-
A.
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse was an influential American live television anthology drama series of the late 1940s and 1950s, known for showcasing original plays and launching the careers of notable directors, writers, and actors.
-
B.
Mutual Radio Theater
Mutual Radio Theater was a late-era American radio drama anthology series that helped revive classic radio storytelling on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
-
C.
La voix humaine
La voix humaine is a one-act monodrama opera by Francis Poulenc, based on Jean Cocteau’s play, depicting a woman’s emotional breakdown during a final phone call with her lover.
-
D.
The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
-
E.
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cradle Will Rock is a 1937 pro-labor musical by Marc Blitzstein, famous for its controversial, government-censored premiere and its association with Orson Welles and the American leftist theater movement.
- 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada7192994819084817307065a25e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24bb7cd488190ae95c140d9cda296 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24d39e77c8190818f71a3298852d7 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b25178f3c08190be78bdbd0cdfc5f3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.