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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.