Triple

T6312524
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbara Harris E141537 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object A Thousand Clowns
A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
E583742 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: A Thousand Clowns | Statement: [Barbara Harris, notableWork, A Thousand Clowns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand Clowns
Context triple: [Barbara Harris, notableWork, A Thousand Clowns]
  • A. Send in the Clowns
    "Send in the Clowns" is a reflective ballad from the 1973 musical *A Little Night Music* that became one of Stephen Sondheim’s most famous and frequently recorded songs.
  • B. Clowns
    "Clowns" is a photographic series by Cindy Sherman in which she uses elaborate costumes and makeup to explore identity, performance, and the unsettling aspects of clown imagery.
  • C. Pocket of a Clown
    "Pocket of a Clown" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, known for its blend of traditional honky-tonk style with introspective, emotionally charged lyrics.
  • D. Diary of a Mad Band
    Diary of a Mad Band is the second studio album by American R&B group Jodeci, known for its blend of new jack swing and soulful ballads that helped define early 1990s R&B.
  • E. The Tears of a Clown
    "The Tears of a Clown" is a 1970 Motown soul song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, renowned for its upbeat, circus-like melody contrasted with lyrics about hidden heartache.
  • 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: A Thousand Clowns
Triple: [Barbara Harris, notableWork, A Thousand Clowns]
Generated description
A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand Clowns
Target entity description: A Thousand Clowns is a 1962 stage comedy by Herb Gardner, later adapted into a 1965 film, about an eccentric bachelor fighting to retain custody of his nephew while resisting conformity.
  • A. Send in the Clowns
    "Send in the Clowns" is a reflective ballad from the 1973 musical *A Little Night Music* that became one of Stephen Sondheim’s most famous and frequently recorded songs.
  • B. Clowns
    "Clowns" is a photographic series by Cindy Sherman in which she uses elaborate costumes and makeup to explore identity, performance, and the unsettling aspects of clown imagery.
  • C. Pocket of a Clown
    "Pocket of a Clown" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, known for its blend of traditional honky-tonk style with introspective, emotionally charged lyrics.
  • D. Diary of a Mad Band
    Diary of a Mad Band is the second studio album by American R&B group Jodeci, known for its blend of new jack swing and soulful ballads that helped define early 1990s R&B.
  • E. The Tears of a Clown
    "The Tears of a Clown" is a 1970 Motown soul song by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, renowned for its upbeat, circus-like melody contrasted with lyrics about hidden heartache.
  • 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_69c008d00efc8190a36c05b4b4a3bf4b completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0649ea98c819086509e175812c6c0 completed March 22, 2026, 9:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c5e469355c81908049e0c68a8c0259 completed March 27, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c5ee04b2388190b36dc9bb23b4a18a completed March 27, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c5ee780bb08190a97c90804f9c6b68 completed March 27, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:28 p.m.