Triple
T8505641
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Scientific American Frontiers |
E201325
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableHost |
P5272
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Alan Alda |
E117569
|
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: Alan Alda | Statement: [Scientific American Frontiers, notableHost, Alan Alda]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Alda Context triple: [Scientific American Frontiers, notableHost, Alan Alda]
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A.
Alan Alda
chosen
Alan Alda is an American actor, writer, and science communicator best known for his role on the television series M*A*S*H and his work promoting public understanding of science.
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B.
Robert Alda
Robert Alda was an American actor and singer, and the father of actor Alan Alda, known for his work in film, theater, and television from the 1940s onward.
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C.
Robert MacNeil
Robert MacNeil is a Canadian-American journalist and author best known for co-creating and co-anchoring the long-running public television news program that became PBS NewsHour.
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D.
Ian Caldwell
Ian Caldwell is an American novelist best known for co-authoring the bestselling historical thriller "The Rule of Four."
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E.
Robert Richardson
Robert Richardson was a 19th-century American physician, educator, and prominent leader in the Restoration Movement, best known for his biographical and theological writings associated with Alexander Campbell.
- 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe5d8b7208190b199c56bf366c692 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6d257a748190b33873ee0d252d2e |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.