Triple

T3432394
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael J. Fox E72367 entity
Predicate notableBook P4 FINISHED
Object 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.
E357059 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: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future | Statement: [Michael J. Fox, notableBook, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future
Context triple: [Michael J. Fox, notableBook, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 comedy film about two con men on the French Riviera, best known for its witty script and Steve Martin’s acclaimed performance alongside Michael Caine.
  • D. Stir Crazy
    Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future
Triple: [Michael J. Fox, notableBook, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 comedy film about two con men on the French Riviera, best known for its witty script and Steve Martin’s acclaimed performance alongside Michael Caine.
  • D. Stir Crazy
    Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ad85ae14308190bcbc25cfa0246c0b completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb9c077d48190bee40795cab3e422 completed March 8, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3547b1b3481909646bf36e8461ff4 completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b35547a9a881909d754625806cff2a completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b355efa89c8190bf9b2eb3c41257b3 completed March 13, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:15 p.m.