Triple
T661880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Tonight Show |
E11772
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
|
E233218
|
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: Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. | Statement: [The Tonight Show, creator, Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. Context triple: [The Tonight Show, creator, Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.]
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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C.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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D.
Vernon L. Walker
Vernon L. Walker was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist best known for his pioneering work on early Hollywood fantasy and adventure films, including the original 1933 King Kong.
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E.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
- 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: Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. Triple: [The Tonight Show, creator, Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.]
Generated description
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. Target entity description: Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
-
A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
-
B.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
-
C.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
-
D.
Vernon L. Walker
Vernon L. Walker was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist best known for his pioneering work on early Hollywood fantasy and adventure films, including the original 1933 King Kong.
-
E.
Robert W. Hunt
Robert W. Hunt was an American engineer and industrialist known for his influential role in the development of the U.S. mining and metallurgical industries and leadership in professional engineering organizations.
- 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_69a4932862a0819098be659c814e4981 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49fa954988190841740a587ace466 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae3032c1588190bae02f0e2152c6f1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae30f6b7c4819080cb7cb7adc1f6d3 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae31849d7c8190a4e3c90334bf21a5 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.