Triple

T3452142
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eugene Levy E72815 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest that satirizes small-town community theater through an eccentric cast of aspiring performers.
 E358442 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: Waiting for Guffman | Statement: [Eugene Levy, notableWork, Waiting for Guffman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Waiting for Guffman
Context triple: [Eugene Levy, notableWork, Waiting for Guffman]
  • A. The Jerk
    The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
  • B. The King of Comedy
    The King of Comedy is a nickname for Jerry Lewis, the influential American comedian, actor, and filmmaker renowned for his slapstick humor and pioneering work in comedy.
  • C. The Birdcage
    The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, that satirizes family, politics, and LGBTQ+ identity through the chaos surrounding a gay couple meeting their son’s conservative future in-laws.
  • D. Sling Blade
    Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars as a mentally impaired man released from a psychiatric hospital into a small Southern town.
  • E. Melvin and Howard
    Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
  • 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: Waiting for Guffman
Triple: [Eugene Levy, notableWork, Waiting for Guffman]
Generated description
Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest that satirizes small-town community theater through an eccentric cast of aspiring performers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Waiting for Guffman
Target entity description: Waiting for Guffman is a 1996 mockumentary comedy film directed by Christopher Guest that satirizes small-town community theater through an eccentric cast of aspiring performers.
  • A. The Jerk
    The Jerk is a 1979 American comedy film starring Steve Martin as a naive, eccentric man whose rags-to-riches-to-rags journey showcases his signature absurdist humor.
  • B. The King of Comedy
    The King of Comedy is a nickname for Jerry Lewis, the influential American comedian, actor, and filmmaker renowned for his slapstick humor and pioneering work in comedy.
  • C. The Birdcage
    The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, that satirizes family, politics, and LGBTQ+ identity through the chaos surrounding a gay couple meeting their son’s conservative future in-laws.
  • D. Sling Blade
    Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars as a mentally impaired man released from a psychiatric hospital into a small Southern town.
  • E. Melvin and Howard
    Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American comedy-drama film, directed by Jonathan Demme, that fictionalizes the story of a gas-station attendant who allegedly befriends billionaire Howard Hughes and later claims to inherit part of his fortune.
  • 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_69ad85b12a908190a1d10a6b03b4f8ae completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbaa2f5ec81909ced93c01e8fe38b completed March 8, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b360ef69308190a11f37ddbf3bbc7b completed March 13, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b361958fd88190bd4a8d9837af6610 completed March 13, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b362310884819082a59ab92fe05fdd completed March 13, 2026, 1:02 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:16 p.m.