Triple

T5787997
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jim Backus E128316 entity
Predicate appearedIn P795 FINISHED
Object The Jim Backus Show
The Jim Backus Show was a short-lived early 1960s American sitcom starring comedian Jim Backus as a radio station manager, showcasing his trademark comedic style.
E549307 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: The Jim Backus Show | Statement: [Jim Backus, appearedIn, The Jim Backus Show]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Jim Backus Show
Context triple: [Jim Backus, appearedIn, The Jim Backus Show]
  • A. The Bing Crosby Show
    The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
  • B. The Paul Lynde Show
    The Paul Lynde Show was a short-lived early-1970s American sitcom starring comedian Paul Lynde as a harried family man, known for its sharp one-liners and traditional domestic comedy format.
  • C. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was a popular mid-20th-century American radio and television sitcom featuring the comedic duo George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen, known for its vaudeville-style humor and breaking of the fourth wall.
  • D. The Red Skelton Hour
    The Red Skelton Hour was a popular American television variety and sketch-comedy show starring comedian Red Skelton that aired for two decades from the 1950s to the 1970s.
  • E. The Jack Benny Program
    The Jack Benny Program was a popular American radio and television comedy series starring comedian Jack Benny, known for its running gags, character-driven humor, and influential role in early broadcast entertainment.
  • 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: The Jim Backus Show
Triple: [Jim Backus, appearedIn, The Jim Backus Show]
Generated description
The Jim Backus Show was a short-lived early 1960s American sitcom starring comedian Jim Backus as a radio station manager, showcasing his trademark comedic style.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Jim Backus Show
Target entity description: The Jim Backus Show was a short-lived early 1960s American sitcom starring comedian Jim Backus as a radio station manager, showcasing his trademark comedic style.
  • A. The Bing Crosby Show
    The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
  • B. The Paul Lynde Show
    The Paul Lynde Show was a short-lived early-1970s American sitcom starring comedian Paul Lynde as a harried family man, known for its sharp one-liners and traditional domestic comedy format.
  • C. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was a popular mid-20th-century American radio and television sitcom featuring the comedic duo George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen, known for its vaudeville-style humor and breaking of the fourth wall.
  • D. The Red Skelton Hour
    The Red Skelton Hour was a popular American television variety and sketch-comedy show starring comedian Red Skelton that aired for two decades from the 1950s to the 1970s.
  • E. The Jack Benny Program
    The Jack Benny Program was a popular American radio and television comedy series starring comedian Jack Benny, known for its running gags, character-driven humor, and influential role in early broadcast entertainment.
  • 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_69c0084450048190bc647b649a05136b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c02a5297c88190bd28adb2552a26f4 completed March 22, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0981a002c8190ac8ed7407a80919c completed March 23, 2026, 1:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0989f7e58819098175e6eaacdb9ee completed March 23, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c09cf3220481908c52b519e8495fff completed March 23, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:51 p.m.