Triple

T6125145
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alice (TV series) E136577 entity
Predicate executiveProducer P7225 FINISHED
Object Thomas W. Sarnoff
Thomas W. Sarnoff is an American television executive and producer known for his influential roles in network programming and media management.
E570552 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: Thomas W. Sarnoff | Statement: [Alice (TV series), executiveProducer, Thomas W. Sarnoff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas W. Sarnoff
Context triple: [Alice (TV series), executiveProducer, Thomas W. Sarnoff]
  • A. Robert W. Sarnoff
    Robert W. Sarnoff was an American media executive who served as chairman and CEO of RCA, overseeing the company during the rise of color television and modern broadcasting.
  • B. David Sarnoff
    David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
  • C. Esme O'Brien Sarnoff
    Esme O'Brien Sarnoff was the wife of influential American record producer and talent scout John H. Hammond Jr.
  • D. Allen B. DuMont
    Allen B. DuMont was an American electronics engineer and television pioneer known for developing the modern cathode-ray tube and founding one of the earliest commercial television networks.
  • E. Powel Crosley Jr.
    Powel Crosley Jr. was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his innovations in affordable radios, ownership of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, and influence on early 20th-century consumer electronics and broadcasting.
  • 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: Thomas W. Sarnoff
Triple: [Alice (TV series), executiveProducer, Thomas W. Sarnoff]
Generated description
Thomas W. Sarnoff is an American television executive and producer known for his influential roles in network programming and media management.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas W. Sarnoff
Target entity description: Thomas W. Sarnoff is an American television executive and producer known for his influential roles in network programming and media management.
  • A. Robert W. Sarnoff
    Robert W. Sarnoff was an American media executive who served as chairman and CEO of RCA, overseeing the company during the rise of color television and modern broadcasting.
  • B. David Sarnoff
    David Sarnoff was a pioneering American radio and television executive who led RCA and helped shape the development and commercialization of broadcast media in the 20th century.
  • C. Esme O'Brien Sarnoff
    Esme O'Brien Sarnoff was the wife of influential American record producer and talent scout John H. Hammond Jr.
  • D. Allen B. DuMont
    Allen B. DuMont was an American electronics engineer and television pioneer known for developing the modern cathode-ray tube and founding one of the earliest commercial television networks.
  • E. Powel Crosley Jr.
    Powel Crosley Jr. was an American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for his innovations in affordable radios, ownership of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, and influence on early 20th-century consumer electronics and broadcasting.
  • 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_69c008a0a37c81908e5b4f879158afb3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05c2791948190ba33458edfd1ebe8 completed March 22, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c135b2500c8190aaf67b059ccbe3f1 completed March 23, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c13769a4bc81908d45d371e77f8d32 completed March 23, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c138247e2c8190b6c2aabbd36ad9c0 completed March 23, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:14 p.m.