Triple

T9954182
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Krusty the Clown E195404 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Herschel
Herschel is the real first name of Krusty the Clown, a long-running fictional TV clown character from the animated series "The Simpsons."
E830998 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: Herschel | Statement: [Krusty the Clown, givenName, Herschel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herschel
Context triple: [Krusty the Clown, givenName, Herschel]
  • A. Herschel
    Herschel is a surname most famously associated with the family of astronomer William Herschel, known for major contributions to observational astronomy.
  • B. Herschel Space Observatory
    The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency space telescope that studied the universe in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, revealing cold and dusty regions such as star-forming clouds and distant galaxies.
  • C. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • D. Spitzer Space Telescope
    The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
  • E. William Herschel Telescope
    The William Herschel Telescope is a major 4.2-meter optical/infrared reflecting telescope and one of the largest in Europe, used for advanced astronomical research.
  • 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: Herschel
Triple: [Krusty the Clown, givenName, Herschel]
Generated description
Herschel is the real first name of Krusty the Clown, a long-running fictional TV clown character from the animated series "The Simpsons."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herschel
Target entity description: Herschel is the real first name of Krusty the Clown, a long-running fictional TV clown character from the animated series "The Simpsons."
  • A. Herschel
    Herschel is a surname most famously associated with the family of astronomer William Herschel, known for major contributions to observational astronomy.
  • B. Herschel Space Observatory
    The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency space telescope that studied the universe in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, revealing cold and dusty regions such as star-forming clouds and distant galaxies.
  • C. Planck
    Planck is a German theoretical physicist renowned as the founder of quantum theory and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physics.
  • D. Spitzer Space Telescope
    The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
  • E. William Herschel Telescope
    The William Herschel Telescope is a major 4.2-meter optical/infrared reflecting telescope and one of the largest in Europe, used for advanced astronomical research.
  • 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_69ca82eaaa008190a54fa1a9f954b9ad completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb694b95481909d049302818e7137 completed April 2, 2026, 12:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2294335208190a0483c4e89abb359 completed April 5, 2026, 9:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d22b1a3e548190887b46540614536a completed April 5, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d22bc3ac5c81908b0696ce94263d36 completed April 5, 2026, 9:30 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:46 p.m.