Triple

T6420587
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Dano E127932 entity
Predicate theaterWork P27669 FINISHED
Object A Thousand Clowns E583742 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: [Paul Dano, theaterWork, A Thousand Clowns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Thousand Clowns
Context triple: [Paul Dano, theaterWork, A Thousand Clowns]
  • A. A Thousand Clowns chosen
    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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69c0083815208190a9b299b8e0640218 completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06902ddb48190bd5a8b5ecdf6c39e completed March 22, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c640d5f6f88190963a1e59400c7aa0 completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:43 p.m.