Triple

T4554640
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pocket Casts E120450 entity
Predicate acquiredBy P347 FINISHED
Object This American Life
This American Life is a long-running, critically acclaimed American public radio program and podcast known for its narrative journalism and storytelling about everyday people and events.
 E452208 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: This American Life | Statement: [Pocket Casts, acquiredBy, This American Life]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: This American Life
Context triple: [Pocket Casts, acquiredBy, This American Life]
  • A. The Great American Broadcast
    The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
  • B. Documentary Now!
    Documentary Now! is a satirical television series that parodies famous documentary films and styles, co-created by and starring comedian Bill Hader.
  • C. The Wire
    The Wire is a critically acclaimed American crime drama television series that explores the interconnected institutions and social issues of Baltimore through the perspectives of law enforcement, drug dealers, politicians, and residents.
  • D. The Wire
    The Wire is the traditional nickname of the Warrington Wolves, a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England.
  • E. The Making of Americans
    The Making of Americans is an experimental modernist novel by Gertrude Stein that traces the history and psychology of an American family through highly repetitive, innovative prose.
  • 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: This American Life
Triple: [Pocket Casts, acquiredBy, This American Life]
Generated description
This American Life is a long-running, critically acclaimed American public radio program and podcast known for its narrative journalism and storytelling about everyday people and events.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: This American Life
Target entity description: This American Life is a long-running, critically acclaimed American public radio program and podcast known for its narrative journalism and storytelling about everyday people and events.
  • A. The Great American Broadcast
    The Great American Broadcast is a 1941 musical comedy film about the early days of radio, featuring Gary Merrill among its cast.
  • B. Documentary Now!
    Documentary Now! is a satirical television series that parodies famous documentary films and styles, co-created by and starring comedian Bill Hader.
  • C. The Wire
    The Wire is the traditional nickname of the Warrington Wolves, a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England.
  • D. The Wire
    The Wire is a critically acclaimed American crime drama television series that explores the interconnected institutions and social issues of Baltimore through the perspectives of law enforcement, drug dealers, politicians, and residents.
  • E. The Making of Americans
    The Making of Americans is an experimental modernist novel by Gertrude Stein that traces the history and psychology of an American family through highly repetitive, innovative prose.
  • 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_69bd4636f1648190a701445c2fcd9c17 completed March 20, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd58127ed08190a04962a43afb888b completed March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdc575e3388190ac95b9e0537fb701 completed March 20, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdc62597f08190be0225e16967401f completed March 20, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdc686caa4819093d3ebb9ad47846d completed March 20, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.