Triple

T661900
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Tonight Show E11772 entity
Predicate notableHost P5272 FINISHED
Object Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson was a legendary American television host and comedian best known for his three-decade tenure as the host of NBC’s late-night talk show "The Tonight Show."
E88048 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: Johnny Carson | Statement: [The Tonight Show, notableHost, Johnny Carson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johnny Carson
Context triple: [The Tonight Show, notableHost, Johnny Carson]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Jack Paar
    Jack Paar was an influential American television host and comedian best known for transforming late-night TV during his tenure on The Tonight Show in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  • C. Jay Leno
    Jay Leno is an American comedian and longtime host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” known for his observational stand-up and prominent role in late-night television.
  • D. 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."
  • E. 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."
  • 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: Johnny Carson
Triple: [The Tonight Show, notableHost, Johnny Carson]
Generated description
Johnny Carson was a legendary American television host and comedian best known for his three-decade tenure as the host of NBC’s late-night talk show "The Tonight Show."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johnny Carson
Target entity description: Johnny Carson was a legendary American television host and comedian best known for his three-decade tenure as the host of NBC’s late-night talk show "The Tonight Show."
  • A. 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.
  • B. Jack Paar
    Jack Paar was an influential American television host and comedian best known for transforming late-night TV during his tenure on The Tonight Show in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  • C. Jay Leno
    Jay Leno is an American comedian and longtime host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” known for his observational stand-up and prominent role in late-night television.
  • D. 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."
  • E. 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."
  • 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_69a64a4f8f0081909686a76b4fddda60 completed March 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a64e1541908190b9553506ef5cfdd7 completed March 3, 2026, 2:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a64e91b28481909d292ce5204a461a completed March 3, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.