Triple

T2403155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lenny Bruce E50213 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian known for his dark, satirical, and politically charged humor that critiqued consumerism, religion, and the media.
E266384 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: Bill Hicks | Statement: [Lenny Bruce, influenced, Bill Hicks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Hicks
Context triple: [Lenny Bruce, influenced, Bill Hicks]
  • A. George Carlin
    George Carlin was an influential American stand-up comedian, social critic, and author known for his sharp wit, boundary-pushing routines, and incisive commentary on language, politics, and culture.
  • B. Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
  • C. Larry the Cable Guy
    Larry the Cable Guy is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his blue-collar comedy persona and his role as Mater in the Disney-Pixar Cars film series.
  • D. Lewis Black
    Lewis Black is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author best known for his angry, rant-filled style of political and social commentary.
  • E. Lenny Bruce
    Lenny Bruce was a groundbreaking American stand-up comedian and social satirist known for his provocative, taboo-challenging routines that reshaped modern comedy and free-speech in performance.
  • 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: Bill Hicks
Triple: [Lenny Bruce, influenced, Bill Hicks]
Generated description
Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian known for his dark, satirical, and politically charged humor that critiqued consumerism, religion, and the media.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Hicks
Target entity description: Bill Hicks was an American stand-up comedian known for his dark, satirical, and politically charged humor that critiqued consumerism, religion, and the media.
  • A. George Carlin
    George Carlin was an influential American stand-up comedian, social critic, and author known for his sharp wit, boundary-pushing routines, and incisive commentary on language, politics, and culture.
  • B. Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.
  • C. Larry the Cable Guy
    Larry the Cable Guy is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his blue-collar comedy persona and his role as Mater in the Disney-Pixar Cars film series.
  • D. Lewis Black
    Lewis Black is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author best known for his angry, rant-filled style of political and social commentary.
  • E. Lenny Bruce
    Lenny Bruce was a groundbreaking American stand-up comedian and social satirist known for his provocative, taboo-challenging routines that reshaped modern comedy and free-speech in performance.
  • 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc8f8aa2881909192920ee394f0b3 completed March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aebf403f74819082dc50e31f29b171 completed March 9, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aec4529bf08190a75be15fb4aa144d completed March 9, 2026, 1 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aec4edb8d88190a591a80d47dc5797 completed March 9, 2026, 1:02 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.