Triple

T6851243
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Class Clowns E158020 entity
Predicate notableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Tom Ballard
Tom Ballard is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, and broadcaster known for his sharp political satire and work on radio and television.
E623668 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 Ballard | Statement: [Class Clowns, notableAlumni, Tom Ballard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Ballard
Context triple: [Class Clowns, notableAlumni, Tom Ballard]
  • A. Al Bennett
    Al Bennett was an American music industry executive best known as the founder and longtime leader of the influential record label Liberty Records.
  • B. Cam Ward
    Cam Ward is a Canadian former NHL goaltender best known for backstopping the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
  • C. Tig Trager
    Tig Trager is a volatile, fiercely loyal enforcer of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club known for his dark humor, brutality, and complex moral code.
  • D. Ted Royal
    Ted Royal was an American orchestrator and arranger best known for his work on mid-20th-century Broadway musicals and popular stage productions.
  • E. Bernie Kosar
    Bernie Kosar is a former American football quarterback best known for leading the University of Miami to a national championship and later starring in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns.
  • 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 Ballard
Triple: [Class Clowns, notableAlumni, Tom Ballard]
Generated description
Tom Ballard is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, and broadcaster known for his sharp political satire and work on radio and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Ballard
Target entity description: Tom Ballard is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, and broadcaster known for his sharp political satire and work on radio and television.
  • A. Al Bennett
    Al Bennett was an American music industry executive best known as the founder and longtime leader of the influential record label Liberty Records.
  • B. Cam Ward
    Cam Ward is a Canadian former NHL goaltender best known for backstopping the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup and winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
  • C. Tig Trager
    Tig Trager is a volatile, fiercely loyal enforcer of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club known for his dark humor, brutality, and complex moral code.
  • D. Ted Royal
    Ted Royal was an American orchestrator and arranger best known for his work on mid-20th-century Broadway musicals and popular stage productions.
  • E. Bernie Kosar
    Bernie Kosar is a former American football quarterback best known for leading the University of Miami to a national championship and later starring in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns.
  • 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_69c6882fae988190864cbba788c5ebb4 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d84e6fb08190915954be5b0df2d8 completed March 27, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c72fd2800c8190997c0bc7ff3e1491 completed March 28, 2026, 1:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c73208e9408190b246837c0e436575 completed March 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7326b04ac8190a700061e6546cb50 completed March 28, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:20 p.m.