Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Patton Oswalt E205099 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Oswalt
Oswalt is the surname of American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt, known for his sharp observational humor and numerous film and television roles.
 E749717 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: Oswalt | Statement: [Patton Oswalt, familyName, Oswalt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oswalt
Context triple: [Patton Oswalt, familyName, Oswalt]
  • A. Carlin
    Carlin is a surname most famously associated with George Carlin, the influential American stand-up comedian and social critic.
  • B. Shandling
    Shandling is the surname of Garry Shandling, the influential American stand-up comedian, actor, and creator of groundbreaking television comedies.
  • C. Paul Fry
    Paul Fry is a literary scholar best known for his work in literary theory and criticism, including his influential teaching and writing on the subject at Yale University.
  • D. Ed Oates
    Ed Oates is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Oracle Corporation, a pioneering company in relational database technology.
  • E. Michael Klingensmith
    Michael Klingensmith is an American media executive best known for helping launch and lead major magazine brands, including playing a key role in the creation of Entertainment Weekly.
  • 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: Oswalt
Triple: [Patton Oswalt, familyName, Oswalt]
Generated description
Oswalt is the surname of American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt, known for his sharp observational humor and numerous film and television roles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oswalt
Target entity description: Oswalt is the surname of American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt, known for his sharp observational humor and numerous film and television roles.
  • A. Carlin
    Carlin is a surname most famously associated with George Carlin, the influential American stand-up comedian and social critic.
  • B. Shandling
    Shandling is the surname of Garry Shandling, the influential American stand-up comedian, actor, and creator of groundbreaking television comedies.
  • C. Paul Fry
    Paul Fry is a literary scholar best known for his work in literary theory and criticism, including his influential teaching and writing on the subject at Yale University.
  • D. Ed Oates
    Ed Oates is an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of Oracle Corporation, a pioneering company in relational database technology.
  • E. Michael Klingensmith
    Michael Klingensmith is an American media executive best known for helping launch and lead major magazine brands, including playing a key role in the creation of Entertainment Weekly.
  • 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_69ca834e56848190abb0eeaec9dedd32 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc48150e6c8190a7a3b92b4b640858 completed March 31, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ceccc95b588190b5e44c73cf93d18b completed April 2, 2026, 8:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cece1681288190a6c99407bc2f0bdd completed April 2, 2026, 8:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cecec118ac81909fbcafe841354c32 completed April 2, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:29 p.m.