Triple
T9280884
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
E223062
|
entity |
| Predicate | composer |
P1361
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied)
Tom Hanks is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker known for his versatile performances in films such as "Forrest Gump," "Saving Private Ryan," and "Cast Away."
|
E789899
|
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 Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied) | Statement: [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, composer, Tom Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied) Context triple: [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, composer, Tom Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied)]
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A.
Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker
Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker refers to Hanks’s portrayal of Elvis Presley’s controversial longtime manager in the 2022 biographical film "Elvis."
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B.
Mike Douglas (singing voice)
Mike Douglas (singing voice) is the vocalist who provided the singing voice for Prince Charming in Disney’s classic animated film "Cinderella."
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C.
Jim Varney
Jim Varney was an American actor and comedian best known for portraying the bumbling yet lovable character Ernest P. Worrell in a series of films and commercials.
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D.
Tom Hanks as Scott Turner
Tom Hanks as Scott Turner is the uptight, by-the-book small-town detective he portrays in the 1989 buddy-cop comedy "Turner & Hooch," whose life is upended by partnering with a rambunctious dog.
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E.
Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny is an American voice actor and comedian best known for voicing the title character in the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants."
- 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 Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied) Triple: [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, composer, Tom Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied)]
Generated description
Tom Hanks is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker known for his versatile performances in films such as "Forrest Gump," "Saving Private Ryan," and "Cast Away."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Hanks (theme performer credit often parodied) Target entity description: Tom Hanks is an acclaimed American actor and filmmaker known for his versatile performances in films such as "Forrest Gump," "Saving Private Ryan," and "Cast Away."
-
A.
Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker
Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker refers to Hanks’s portrayal of Elvis Presley’s controversial longtime manager in the 2022 biographical film "Elvis."
-
B.
Mike Douglas (singing voice)
Mike Douglas (singing voice) is the vocalist who provided the singing voice for Prince Charming in Disney’s classic animated film "Cinderella."
-
C.
Jim Varney
Jim Varney was an American actor and comedian best known for portraying the bumbling yet lovable character Ernest P. Worrell in a series of films and commercials.
-
D.
Tom Hanks as Scott Turner
Tom Hanks as Scott Turner is the uptight, by-the-book small-town detective he portrays in the 1989 buddy-cop comedy "Turner & Hooch," whose life is upended by partnering with a rambunctious dog.
-
E.
Tom Kenny
Tom Kenny is an American voice actor and comedian best known for voicing the title character in the animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants."
- 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_69ca842123588190b3f2e1a69037d141 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd07cd9a1c8190af0521baa428ce10 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0b209a5b48190a7e6d983bcda5363 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0b3548dd881908adadf4a728cec50 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0b4083da88190ab996ee53bf5ff16 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:34 p.m.