Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NBC Nightly News E11773 entity
Predicate hasFormerAnchor P18036 FINISHED
Object David Brinkley
David Brinkley was a prominent American television newscaster and journalist best known for co-anchoring "The Huntley–Brinkley Report" and later serving as a leading figure in network evening news.
E84909 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: David Brinkley | Statement: [NBC Nightly News, hasFormerAnchor, David Brinkley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Brinkley
Context triple: [NBC Nightly News, hasFormerAnchor, David Brinkley]
  • A. Mike Wallace
    Mike Wallace was a prominent American broadcast journalist best known as a hard-hitting correspondent on the television news magazine "60 Minutes."
  • B. Lester Holt
    Lester Holt is an American television journalist and news anchor best known for anchoring NBC's flagship evening news program and moderating major political debates.
  • C. Larry King
    Larry King was a legendary American television and radio host best known for his long-running CNN interview show "Larry King Live," where he spoke with world leaders, celebrities, and newsmakers.
  • D. Howard Cosell
    Howard Cosell was a famously outspoken and influential American sports broadcaster known for his distinctive voice, candid commentary, and major role in bringing personality-driven analysis to televised sports.
  • E. William Broyles Jr.
    William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • 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: David Brinkley
Triple: [NBC Nightly News, hasFormerAnchor, David Brinkley]
Generated description
David Brinkley was a prominent American television newscaster and journalist best known for co-anchoring "The Huntley–Brinkley Report" and later serving as a leading figure in network evening news.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Brinkley
Target entity description: David Brinkley was a prominent American television newscaster and journalist best known for co-anchoring "The Huntley–Brinkley Report" and later serving as a leading figure in network evening news.
  • A. Mike Wallace
    Mike Wallace was a prominent American broadcast journalist best known as a hard-hitting correspondent on the television news magazine "60 Minutes."
  • B. Lester Holt
    Lester Holt is an American television journalist and news anchor best known for anchoring NBC's flagship evening news program and moderating major political debates.
  • C. Larry King
    Larry King was a legendary American television and radio host best known for his long-running CNN interview show "Larry King Live," where he spoke with world leaders, celebrities, and newsmakers.
  • D. Howard Cosell
    Howard Cosell was a famously outspoken and influential American sports broadcaster known for his distinctive voice, candid commentary, and major role in bringing personality-driven analysis to televised sports.
  • E. William Broyles Jr.
    William Broyles Jr. is an American screenwriter and former journalist best known for writing acclaimed films such as "Apollo 13" and "Cast Away."
  • 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_69a4a517ac148190aa032b77885bf709 completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a5dc98e43881909fbc74750f4b6e3b completed March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5dd5d4760819089f8e728a69dddbf completed March 2, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a5fd38e17481909f1561f1ba0cda7d completed March 2, 2026, 9:12 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.