Triple

T7989879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lowell Ganz E185973 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Bill Cosby Show
The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby as a high school gym teacher, known for its character-driven humor and early 1970s television run.
 E707902 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: The Bill Cosby Show | Statement: [Lowell Ganz, notableWork, The Bill Cosby Show]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Bill Cosby Show
Context triple: [Lowell Ganz, notableWork, The Bill Cosby Show]
  • A. The Cosby Show
    The Cosby Show is a landmark American sitcom that aired in the 1980s and early 1990s, portraying an upper-middle-class African American family and significantly influencing television representation and culture.
  • B. The Barry Williams Show
    "The Barry Williams Show" is a satirical song by Peter Gabriel that critiques sensationalist daytime talk shows and exploitative media culture.
  • C. The Carol Burnett Show
    The Carol Burnett Show is a landmark American television variety and sketch-comedy series that aired from 1967 to 1978, renowned for its ensemble cast, physical comedy, and influential impact on TV comedy.
  • D. The Cosby Mysteries
    The Cosby Mysteries is a mid-1990s American crime drama television series starring Bill Cosby as a retired criminologist who assists the police in solving complex cases.
  • E. Sanford and Son
    Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.
  • 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: The Bill Cosby Show
Triple: [Lowell Ganz, notableWork, The Bill Cosby Show]
Generated description
The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby as a high school gym teacher, known for its character-driven humor and early 1970s television run.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: The Bill Cosby Show
Target entity description: The Bill Cosby Show is an American sitcom starring Bill Cosby as a high school gym teacher, known for its character-driven humor and early 1970s television run.
  • A. The Cosby Show
    The Cosby Show is a landmark American sitcom that aired in the 1980s and early 1990s, portraying an upper-middle-class African American family and significantly influencing television representation and culture.
  • B. The Barry Williams Show
    "The Barry Williams Show" is a satirical song by Peter Gabriel that critiques sensationalist daytime talk shows and exploitative media culture.
  • C. The Carol Burnett Show
    The Carol Burnett Show is a landmark American television variety and sketch-comedy series that aired from 1967 to 1978, renowned for its ensemble cast, physical comedy, and influential impact on TV comedy.
  • D. The Cosby Mysteries
    The Cosby Mysteries is a mid-1990s American crime drama television series starring Bill Cosby as a retired criminologist who assists the police in solving complex cases.
  • E. Sanford and Son
    Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.
  • 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_69ca829c6c308190ab05b43d234c52b2 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb3c4f98808190879113ad4af9bb4d completed March 31, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc568393008190b8ff6cc17f9b5c46 completed March 31, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc58a8f3d08190bec84dc1ba3b5b84 completed March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc5cb2963c81908a8dfbb1f84845bc completed March 31, 2026, 11:45 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:16 p.m.