Triple
T14645975
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edgar Bergen |
E343849
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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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.
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E1111549
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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]
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.