Triple
T10588785
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Thick of It |
E249926
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hugh Abbot
Hugh Abbot is a fictional, perpetually embattled government minister in the British political satire series "The Thick of It," known for his incompetence, anxiety, and clashes with spin doctors.
|
E873796
|
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: Hugh Abbot | Statement: [The Thick of It, mainCharacter, Hugh Abbot]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Abbot Context triple: [The Thick of It, mainCharacter, Hugh Abbot]
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A.
Hugh Baird
Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer best known for his major role in early 19th-century canal design and construction.
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B.
Frank Pembleton
Frank Pembleton is a brilliant, intense, and morally driven homicide detective from the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
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C.
Philip Abbott
Philip Abbott was an American character actor best known for his extensive work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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D.
Dean Aldrich
Dean Aldrich is an individual associated with the use or application of something referred to as "Aldrich," likely in a professional or specialized context.
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E.
Lawrence Fletcher
Lawrence Fletcher is a character from the animated series "Phineas and Ferb," known as Ferb's mild-mannered British father and stepfather to Phineas Flynn.
- 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: Hugh Abbot Triple: [The Thick of It, mainCharacter, Hugh Abbot]
Generated description
Hugh Abbot is a fictional, perpetually embattled government minister in the British political satire series "The Thick of It," known for his incompetence, anxiety, and clashes with spin doctors.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Abbot Target entity description: Hugh Abbot is a fictional, perpetually embattled government minister in the British political satire series "The Thick of It," known for his incompetence, anxiety, and clashes with spin doctors.
-
A.
Hugh Baird
Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer best known for his major role in early 19th-century canal design and construction.
-
B.
Frank Pembleton
Frank Pembleton is a brilliant, intense, and morally driven homicide detective from the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
-
C.
Philip Abbott
Philip Abbott was an American character actor best known for his extensive work in film and television from the 1950s through the 1980s.
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D.
Dean Aldrich
Dean Aldrich is an individual associated with the use or application of something referred to as "Aldrich," likely in a professional or specialized context.
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E.
Lawrence Fletcher
Lawrence Fletcher is a character from the animated series "Phineas and Ferb," known as Ferb's mild-mannered British father and stepfather to Phineas Flynn.
- 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_69d381c9d3d48190a29ee491e1696a0e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d527793c588190bfe3a5261eb7f919 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d95e85c49c8190a580536be07c0405 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d95f80d0c48190b88e3a4b3e42279c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d9602748608190b0c971accf44b7aa |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:40 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:40 p.m.