Triple
T8503643
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Maher |
E201282
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Maher
William Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host best known for his satirical talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher."
|
E741575
|
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: William Maher | Statement: [Bill Maher, fullName, William Maher]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Maher Context triple: [Bill Maher, fullName, William Maher]
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A.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, and actor known for his acerbic wit and work on Saturday Night Live and various political commentary programs.
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B.
Bill Engvall
Bill Engvall is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and for his signature "Here's Your Sign" routine.
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C.
Dave Gregory
Dave Gregory is an English guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with the new wave band XTC.
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D.
Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy was an American comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on "Chappelle's Show" and for being the older brother of Eddie Murphy.
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E.
Steve Ross
Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
- 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: William Maher Triple: [Bill Maher, fullName, William Maher]
Generated description
William Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host best known for his satirical talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Maher Target entity description: William Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host best known for his satirical talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher."
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A.
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, and actor known for his acerbic wit and work on Saturday Night Live and various political commentary programs.
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B.
Bill Engvall
Bill Engvall is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and for his signature "Here's Your Sign" routine.
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C.
Dave Gregory
Dave Gregory is an English guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with the new wave band XTC.
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D.
Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy was an American comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on "Chappelle's Show" and for being the older brother of Eddie Murphy.
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E.
Steve Ross
Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
- 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe59d67d081908155a43b9b463fe3 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6d257a748190b33873ee0d252d2e |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce6ec1e74081908fc235ffd13ef301 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce6fe13a00819095f5bec408435426 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:32 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.