Triple
T661940
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NBC Nightly News |
E11773
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasFormerAnchor |
P18036
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known for serving as a longtime anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News.
|
E87148
|
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: Tom Brokaw | Statement: [NBC Nightly News, hasFormerAnchor, Tom Brokaw]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Brokaw Context triple: [NBC Nightly News, hasFormerAnchor, Tom Brokaw]
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A.
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.
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B.
Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace was a prominent American broadcast journalist best known as a hard-hitting correspondent on the television news magazine "60 Minutes."
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C.
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.
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D.
Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.
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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: Tom Brokaw Triple: [NBC Nightly News, hasFormerAnchor, Tom Brokaw]
Generated description
Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known for serving as a longtime anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Brokaw Target entity description: Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known for serving as a longtime anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace was a prominent American broadcast journalist best known as a hard-hitting correspondent on the television news magazine "60 Minutes."
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.
-
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_69a63747e47481909877b49507b67c2c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a645cff2a481908aa0b0cfde78c929 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a64656026c8190834af887720f3a0a |
completed | March 3, 2026, 2:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.