Triple

T68411
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mark Twain Prize for American Humor E1365 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object 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."
E14391 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: David Letterman | Statement: [Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, notableRecipient, David Letterman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Letterman
Context triple: [Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, notableRecipient, David Letterman]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Steve Martin
    Steve Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician renowned for his influential stand-up comedy, film roles, and contributions to American humor.
  • C. George Carlin
    George Carlin was an influential American stand-up comedian, social critic, and author known for his sharp wit, boundary-pushing routines, and incisive commentary on language, politics, and culture.
  • D. Jim Gaffigan
    Jim Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his observational, family-friendly humor and roles in both film and television.
  • E. Bob Newhart
    Bob Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor renowned for his deadpan delivery and influential comedy albums and sitcoms, including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
  • 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: David Letterman
Triple: [Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, notableRecipient, David Letterman]
Generated description
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."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Letterman
Target entity description: 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."
  • A. 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.
  • B. Steve Martin
    Steve Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician renowned for his influential stand-up comedy, film roles, and contributions to American humor.
  • C. George Carlin
    George Carlin was an influential American stand-up comedian, social critic, and author known for his sharp wit, boundary-pushing routines, and incisive commentary on language, politics, and culture.
  • D. Jim Gaffigan
    Jim Gaffigan is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his observational, family-friendly humor and roles in both film and television.
  • E. Bob Newhart
    Bob Newhart is an American stand-up comedian and actor renowned for his deadpan delivery and influential comedy albums and sitcoms, including "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart."
  • 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_69a24c06b3bc8190aa4ac89026115efc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f0333dc8190a29d28cbf6e4e813 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a29e43eaf88190b153139b9710d5d2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 7:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2a0ddf1808190aa825bad41938aed completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2a247f51c8190a45164399c42fb29 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:03 a.m.