Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elaine May E253251 entity
Predicate memberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Mike Nichols and Elaine May were a groundbreaking American comedy duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s, renowned for their sophisticated, character-driven improvisational sketches.
E891779 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: Mike Nichols and Elaine May | Statement: [Elaine May, memberOf, Mike Nichols and Elaine May]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Context triple: [Elaine May, memberOf, Mike Nichols and Elaine May]
  • A. Elaine May
    Elaine May is an American comedian, writer, director, and actress, renowned as a pioneer of improvisational comedy and for her influential work in film and theater.
  • B. Marshall Brickman
    Marshall Brickman is an American screenwriter, director, and former television writer best known for co-writing several acclaimed Woody Allen films, including "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan."
  • C. Mike Nichols
    Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
  • D. Carl Reiner
    Carl Reiner was an American comedian, actor, writer, and director renowned for creating "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and for his influential contributions to television and film comedy.
  • E. Neil Simon
    Neil Simon was a prolific American playwright and screenwriter renowned for his witty, character-driven comedies such as "The Odd Couple" and "Barefoot in the Park."
  • 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: Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Triple: [Elaine May, memberOf, Mike Nichols and Elaine May]
Generated description
Mike Nichols and Elaine May were a groundbreaking American comedy duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s, renowned for their sophisticated, character-driven improvisational sketches.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Target entity description: Mike Nichols and Elaine May were a groundbreaking American comedy duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s, renowned for their sophisticated, character-driven improvisational sketches.
  • A. Elaine May
    Elaine May is an American comedian, writer, director, and actress, renowned as a pioneer of improvisational comedy and for her influential work in film and theater.
  • B. Marshall Brickman
    Marshall Brickman is an American screenwriter, director, and former television writer best known for co-writing several acclaimed Woody Allen films, including "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan."
  • C. Mike Nichols
    Mike Nichols was an acclaimed American film and theater director known for influential works like "The Graduate" and his sharp, character-driven storytelling that helped define a generation of cinema.
  • D. Carl Reiner
    Carl Reiner was an American comedian, actor, writer, and director renowned for creating "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and for his influential contributions to television and film comedy.
  • E. Neil Simon
    Neil Simon was a prolific American playwright and screenwriter renowned for his witty, character-driven comedies such as "The Odd Couple" and "Barefoot in the Park."
  • 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_69d6aa5e51e8819095f06881cecf152e completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d710424d8c81908ee9b59d622f2af5 completed April 9, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e15478caa88190934fca5448f8a49e completed April 16, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e17769fa788190ab6d425dbb9e460e completed April 16, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e17d46b7b881908bc3246b462f4612 completed April 17, 2026, 12:22 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:14 p.m.