Triple

T308225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Randi E6348 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Teller
Teller is an American magician, illusionist, and silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, renowned for his innovative, often wordless approach to magic and performance.
 E39613 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: Teller | Statement: [James Randi, influenced, Teller]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Teller
Context triple: [James Randi, influenced, Teller]
  • A. Leslie
    Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
  • B. Palmer Joss
    Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
  • C. Bat Masterson
    Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
  • D. Oracle of Omaha
    The Oracle of Omaha is the famous nickname of legendary American investor Warren Buffett, renowned for his long-term value investing success and financial wisdom.
  • E. Earl
    An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.
  • 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: Teller
Triple: [James Randi, influenced, Teller]
Generated description
Teller is an American magician, illusionist, and silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, renowned for his innovative, often wordless approach to magic and performance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Teller
Target entity description: Teller is an American magician, illusionist, and silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, renowned for his innovative, often wordless approach to magic and performance.
  • A. Leslie
    Leslie is a small town in Fife, Scotland, situated near Glenrothes and known historically for its textile and papermaking industries.
  • B. Palmer Joss
    Palmer Joss is a central character in Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," serving as a religious scholar and love interest who embodies the tension between faith and science.
  • C. Bat Masterson
    Bat Masterson was a famed Old West lawman, gambler, and later New York City sportswriter known for his colorful life on the American frontier.
  • D. Oracle of Omaha
    The Oracle of Omaha is the famous nickname of legendary American investor Warren Buffett, renowned for his long-term value investing success and financial wisdom.
  • E. Earl
    An Earl is a noble rank in the British and some European peerage systems, historically positioned below a marquess and above a viscount.
  • 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_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea3289608190a36c20a47761c6e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3b4744d188190a38831b251ca4901 completed March 1, 2026, 3:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3b544d6b081908b11d83449f40e67 completed March 1, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3b5b7c9a48190afea4c39ab702fb9 completed March 1, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.