Triple

T2741246
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nathan Lane E60753 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of the classic Stephen Sondheim musical farce, best known for its hit run starring Nathan Lane.
E295944 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: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival) | Statement: [Nathan Lane, notableWork, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)
Context triple: [Nathan Lane, notableWork, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)]
  • A. The Producers (2001 Broadway production)
    The Producers (2001 Broadway production) is a smash-hit Mel Brooks musical comedy that became one of Broadway’s most celebrated and Tony Award–winning shows.
  • B. Barnum (1980 Broadway production)
    Barnum (1980 Broadway production) is a Tony Award–winning musical that dramatizes the life and showmanship of P.T. Barnum through a blend of traditional theatre and circus-style spectacle.
  • C. The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival)
    The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival) is a star-studded Broadway production of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s classic newsroom comedy, noted for its high-profile cast and acclaimed staging.
  • D. Beyond the Fringe
    Beyond the Fringe is a groundbreaking early-1960s British satirical stage revue that helped launch the modern era of sketch comedy and satire.
  • E. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (revival)
    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (revival) is a Broadway revival of the classic satirical musical about corporate ambition and office politics, featuring updated stagings and performances for a modern audience.
  • 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: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)
Triple: [Nathan Lane, notableWork, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)]
Generated description
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of the classic Stephen Sondheim musical farce, best known for its hit run starring Nathan Lane.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival)
Target entity description: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1996 Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of the classic Stephen Sondheim musical farce, best known for its hit run starring Nathan Lane.
  • A. The Producers (2001 Broadway production)
    The Producers (2001 Broadway production) is a smash-hit Mel Brooks musical comedy that became one of Broadway’s most celebrated and Tony Award–winning shows.
  • B. Barnum (1980 Broadway production)
    Barnum (1980 Broadway production) is a Tony Award–winning musical that dramatizes the life and showmanship of P.T. Barnum through a blend of traditional theatre and circus-style spectacle.
  • C. The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival)
    The Front Page (2016 Broadway revival) is a star-studded Broadway production of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s classic newsroom comedy, noted for its high-profile cast and acclaimed staging.
  • D. Beyond the Fringe
    Beyond the Fringe is a groundbreaking early-1960s British satirical stage revue that helped launch the modern era of sketch comedy and satire.
  • E. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (revival)
    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (revival) is a Broadway revival of the classic satirical musical about corporate ambition and office politics, featuring updated stagings and performances for a modern audience.
  • 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_69ab4b77febc819095603eb012cd141b completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdb2f210881909126307cc92ebfef completed March 7, 2026, 8 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afbbca8ac081909ce86d4cd911b4f1 completed March 10, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afbcc1dd988190826ab05e55adf1ee completed March 10, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afbd452e1c8190a3ee9eaf642e80a0 completed March 10, 2026, 6:42 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.