Triple
T11253772
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth |
E266385
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert B. Weide
Robert B. Weide is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and various documentaries about comedians.
|
E1221731
|
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: Robert B. Weide | Statement: [Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth, director, Robert B. Weide]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Weide Context triple: [Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth, director, Robert B. Weide]
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A.
James S. Voss
James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
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B.
Wayne A. Wiegand
Wayne A. Wiegand is an American library historian and author known for his influential scholarship on the history of libraries, reading, and print culture in the United States.
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C.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
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D.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
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E.
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
- 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: Robert B. Weide Triple: [Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth, director, Robert B. Weide]
Generated description
Robert B. Weide is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and various documentaries about comedians.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Weide Target entity description: Robert B. Weide is an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his work on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and various documentaries about comedians.
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A.
James S. Voss
James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
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B.
Wayne A. Wiegand
Wayne A. Wiegand is an American library historian and author known for his influential scholarship on the history of libraries, reading, and print culture in the United States.
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C.
Timothy L. Pflueger
Timothy L. Pflueger was a prominent American architect known for his influential Art Deco and Moderne designs in the San Francisco Bay Area, including major theaters, skyscrapers, and civic projects.
-
D.
James A. Abrahamson
James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
-
E.
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
- 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_69d6aac7953c8190b82caf9d7640fdf9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9346f4c8190b29c2cf3a29cd1d1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a006ec7a4748190822e66a756bc95b9 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a006fa02870819083c1b25eb4c8ffad |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0070aee0248190b3463b98a739d1ae |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.