Triple

T661898
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tonight Show E11772 entity
Predicate notableHost P5272 FINISHED
Object Steve Allen
Steve Allen was an American television personality, comedian, musician, and writer best known as the original host and creator of the late-night talk show format in the United States.
E82927 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: Steve Allen | Statement: [The Tonight Show, notableHost, Steve Allen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Allen
Context triple: [The Tonight Show, notableHost, Steve Allen]
  • A. Bob Newhart
    Bob Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor renowned for his deadpan delivery and influential comedy albums and sitcoms, including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
  • B. Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • C. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • D. Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
  • E. David Letterman
    David Letterman is an American television host and comedian best known for his long-running late-night talk shows, including "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Late Show with David Letterman."
  • 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: Steve Allen
Triple: [The Tonight Show, notableHost, Steve Allen]
Generated description
Steve Allen was an American television personality, comedian, musician, and writer best known as the original host and creator of the late-night talk show format in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steve Allen
Target entity description: Steve Allen was an American television personality, comedian, musician, and writer best known as the original host and creator of the late-night talk show format in the United States.
  • A. Bob Newhart
    Bob Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor renowned for his deadpan delivery and influential comedy albums and sitcoms, including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
  • B. Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor was an American actor, dancer, and singer best known for his energetic comedic performances in classic Hollywood musicals.
  • C. Redd Foxx
    Redd Foxx was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actor known for his raw, boundary-pushing comedy and his iconic role as Fred Sanford on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
  • D. Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
  • E. David Letterman
    David Letterman is an American television host and comedian best known for his long-running late-night talk shows, including "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Late Show with David Letterman."
  • 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_69a49fd081e8819097f289961f5eff29 completed March 1, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5c398cc748190ab720263096064ef completed March 2, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5c4523e8081909464ca227b880e77 completed March 2, 2026, 5:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5cdae65808190b7191f63d5f16d9f completed March 2, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.