Triple

T984204
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film) E21241 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Buttons the Clown
Buttons the Clown is a central character in the 1952 circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth," portrayed as a mysterious clown who never removes his makeup and hides a troubled past.
E115921 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: Buttons the Clown | Statement: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), mainCharacter, Buttons the Clown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buttons the Clown
Context triple: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), mainCharacter, Buttons the Clown]
  • A. Heebie Jeebies
    "Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
  • B. Jumpin' Jim
    Jumpin' Jim was the nickname of U.S. Army Lieutenant General James M. Gavin, a prominent World War II airborne commander known for his leadership of the 82nd Airborne Division.
  • C. Plump Jack
    Plump Jack is an opera by American composer Gordon Getty, based on the character Sir John Falstaff from Shakespeare’s history plays.
  • D. Broadway Joe
    Broadway Joe is the flamboyant Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Namath, famed for his bold Super Bowl III guarantee and larger-than-life New York celebrity persona.
  • E. Funny Face
    Funny Face is a 1957 musical romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, celebrated for its fashion-forward Paris setting, iconic dance numbers, and classic songs.
  • 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: Buttons the Clown
Triple: [The Greatest Show on Earth (1952 film), mainCharacter, Buttons the Clown]
Generated description
Buttons the Clown is a central character in the 1952 circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth," portrayed as a mysterious clown who never removes his makeup and hides a troubled past.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buttons the Clown
Target entity description: Buttons the Clown is a central character in the 1952 circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth," portrayed as a mysterious clown who never removes his makeup and hides a troubled past.
  • A. Heebie Jeebies
    "Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
  • B. Jumpin' Jim
    Jumpin' Jim was the nickname of U.S. Army Lieutenant General James M. Gavin, a prominent World War II airborne commander known for his leadership of the 82nd Airborne Division.
  • C. Plump Jack
    Plump Jack is an opera by American composer Gordon Getty, based on the character Sir John Falstaff from Shakespeare’s history plays.
  • D. Broadway Joe
    Broadway Joe is the flamboyant Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joe Namath, famed for his bold Super Bowl III guarantee and larger-than-life New York celebrity persona.
  • E. Funny Face
    Funny Face is a 1957 musical romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, celebrated for its fashion-forward Paris setting, iconic dance numbers, and classic songs.
  • 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b493f5dc819090d239c2f7e083de completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1ce3c6fc81909fbbf04eef1b997e completed March 7, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1d45b8cc8190b8b678b697d3f7f1 completed March 7, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac1e2e200881909e9b503655d6f8ab completed March 7, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.