Triple

T8904776
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The State E212026 entity
Predicate member P10 FINISHED
Object Michael Showalter
Michael Showalter is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director best known for his work with the sketch comedy troupe The State and for co-creating and starring in "Wet Hot American Summer."
E766317 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: Michael Showalter | Statement: [The State, member, Michael Showalter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Showalter
Context triple: [The State, member, Michael Showalter]
  • A. Carl Showalter
    Carl Showalter is a talkative, small-time criminal and kidnapper in the Coen brothers' film "Fargo," portrayed by Steve Buscemi.
  • B. William Nathaniel Showalter III
    William Nathaniel Showalter III is the American Major League Baseball manager widely known as Buck Showalter, recognized for managing multiple franchises including the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Mets.
  • C. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • 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: Michael Showalter
Triple: [The State, member, Michael Showalter]
Generated description
Michael Showalter is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director best known for his work with the sketch comedy troupe The State and for co-creating and starring in "Wet Hot American Summer."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Showalter
Target entity description: Michael Showalter is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director best known for his work with the sketch comedy troupe The State and for co-creating and starring in "Wet Hot American Summer."
  • A. Carl Showalter
    Carl Showalter is a talkative, small-time criminal and kidnapper in the Coen brothers' film "Fargo," portrayed by Steve Buscemi.
  • B. William Nathaniel Showalter III
    William Nathaniel Showalter III is the American Major League Baseball manager widely known as Buck Showalter, recognized for managing multiple franchises including the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Mets.
  • C. Shawn Eichman
    Shawn Eichman is an American political activist best known as a defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down federal prohibitions on flag desecration as unconstitutional.
  • D. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer, better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American singer-songwriter and musician recognized for his blend of rock, country, and pop influences.
  • 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_69ca839255248190b43984294abd92ae completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc64c2509881908fb692522d348e96 completed April 1, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfba2cb5e48190813e9c08198149b0 completed April 3, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfbaf8aa4c8190821ace3f0f53a9b3 completed April 3, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfbb9585688190b3aa3d817bafba51 completed April 3, 2026, 1:07 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:55 p.m.