Triple

T14645975
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edgar Bergen E343849 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Charlie McCarthy
Charlie McCarthy is a famous ventriloquist's dummy character, best known as the top-hatted, wisecracking partner of entertainer Edgar Bergen in radio, film, and television.
E1111549 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: Charlie McCarthy | Statement: [Edgar Bergen, notableWork, Charlie McCarthy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie McCarthy
Context triple: [Edgar Bergen, notableWork, Charlie McCarthy]
  • A. Charlie Barber
    Charlie Barber is a New York theater director and one of the central protagonists in the film "Marriage Story," whose crumbling marriage and custody battle drive the emotional core of the narrative.
  • B. Irwin Corey
    Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his improvisational, stream-of-consciousness style and his long-running persona as “The World’s Foremost Authority.”
  • C. Ed Wynn
    Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
  • D. Charles Gleason
    Charles Gleason is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
  • E. Buddy Hackett
    Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and actor known for his distinctive voice, rubber-faced expressions, and roles in films like "The Music Man" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."
  • 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: Charlie McCarthy
Triple: [Edgar Bergen, notableWork, Charlie McCarthy]
Generated description
Charlie McCarthy is a famous ventriloquist's dummy character, best known as the top-hatted, wisecracking partner of entertainer Edgar Bergen in radio, film, and television.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie McCarthy
Target entity description: Charlie McCarthy is a famous ventriloquist's dummy character, best known as the top-hatted, wisecracking partner of entertainer Edgar Bergen in radio, film, and television.
  • A. Charlie Barber
    Charlie Barber is a New York theater director and one of the central protagonists in the film "Marriage Story," whose crumbling marriage and custody battle drive the emotional core of the narrative.
  • B. Irwin Corey
    Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his improvisational, stream-of-consciousness style and his long-running persona as “The World’s Foremost Authority.”
  • C. Ed Wynn
    Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
  • D. Charles Gleason
    Charles Gleason is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including various professionals and public figures, rather than a single widely recognized person.
  • E. Buddy Hackett
    Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and actor known for his distinctive voice, rubber-faced expressions, and roles in films like "The Music Man" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."
  • 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_69d822e1a2cc81908e5bb93cf61ce3cc completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb4ea6d8481908e6331ca173c646b completed April 14, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdd5d5d05481908dbb23392c05d23b completed May 8, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdd74cc4048190bae5f75d922c9618 completed May 8, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdd7bd20748190b9145ef14ce2759b completed May 8, 2026, 12:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:26 a.m.