Triple

T609166
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boston University E12058 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Howard Stern
Howard Stern is an American radio and television personality best known for his provocative, boundary-pushing talk show and influential role in modern shock-jock broadcasting.
E76304 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: Howard Stern | Statement: [Boston University, hasNotableAlumni, Howard Stern]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Stern
Context triple: [Boston University, hasNotableAlumni, Howard Stern]
  • A. Steve Harvey
    Steve Harvey is an American comedian, television host, and author best known for hosting shows like Family Feud and writing the relationship advice book "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man."
  • B. Steve Ross
    Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
  • C. Jay Leno
    Jay Leno is an American comedian and longtime host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” known for his observational stand-up and prominent role in late-night television.
  • D. David Letterman
    David Letterman is an American television host and comedian best known for his long-running late-night talk shows, including "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Late Show with David Letterman."
  • E. Johnny Most
    Johnny Most was a legendary American sports broadcaster best known as the longtime, passionately partisan radio voice of the Boston Celtics.
  • 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: Howard Stern
Triple: [Boston University, hasNotableAlumni, Howard Stern]
Generated description
Howard Stern is an American radio and television personality best known for his provocative, boundary-pushing talk show and influential role in modern shock-jock broadcasting.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Stern
Target entity description: Howard Stern is an American radio and television personality best known for his provocative, boundary-pushing talk show and influential role in modern shock-jock broadcasting.
  • A. Steve Harvey
    Steve Harvey is an American comedian, television host, and author best known for hosting shows like Family Feud and writing the relationship advice book "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man."
  • B. Steve Ross
    Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
  • C. Jay Leno
    Jay Leno is an American comedian and longtime host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” known for his observational stand-up and prominent role in late-night television.
  • D. David Letterman
    David Letterman is an American television host and comedian best known for his long-running late-night talk shows, including "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Late Show with David Letterman."
  • E. Johnny Most
    Johnny Most was a legendary American sports broadcaster best known as the longtime, passionately partisan radio voice of the Boston Celtics.
  • 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_69a493309df48190a327f748e88049a6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49df54eec8190af3f5f04c01d5d2a completed March 1, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a52eacec94819094e920ab1c0659e8 completed March 2, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a53062c138819095262b45396fc97a completed March 2, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a530f8c6b08190b987016e8e8c11b6 completed March 2, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.