Triple
T8032770
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Life's Too Short |
E187026
|
entity |
| Predicate | featuresCharacter |
P626
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Stephen Merchant (as himself) |
E35779
|
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: Stephen Merchant (as himself) | Statement: [Life's Too Short, featuresCharacter, Stephen Merchant (as himself)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Merchant (as himself) Context triple: [Life's Too Short, featuresCharacter, Stephen Merchant (as himself)]
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A.
Stephen Merchant
chosen
Stephen Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor best known as the co-creator of the acclaimed TV series "The Office" and frequent collaborator of Ricky Gervais.
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B.
John Finnemore
John Finnemore is a British comedy writer and performer best known for creating the radio sitcom "Cabin Pressure" and for his work on various BBC Radio 4 comedy shows.
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C.
Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, and producer best known for creating the political comedies "The Thick of It," "In the Loop," and HBO's "Veep."
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D.
Bob Gervais
Bob Gervais is known primarily as the brother of British comedian, actor, and writer Ricky Gervais.
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E.
Chris Lilley
Chris Lilley is a computer scientist and web standards expert known for his influential work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), particularly in areas like web graphics and architecture.
- 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_69ca82ae2d1081909dbfee42b41db419 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3ef18da48190835454a5eb969da7 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc56ede1ac8190afd8a050e9a25851 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:22 p.m.