Triple
T10719794
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In the Heat of the Night |
E252785
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Virgil Tibbs |
E257315
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Virgil Tibbs | Statement: [In the Heat of the Night, mainCharacter, Virgil Tibbs]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Tibbs Context triple: [In the Heat of the Night, mainCharacter, Virgil Tibbs]
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A.
Virgil Tibbs
chosen
Virgil Tibbs is a skilled and composed Black homicide detective who famously investigates a murder in a racially tense Southern town in the film "In the Heat of the Night."
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B.
Philip Marlow
Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
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C.
Ed McBain
Ed McBain was the pen name of American author Evan Hunter, best known for his influential 87th Precinct police procedural novels and his significant impact on modern crime fiction.
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D.
Harry Gittes
Harry Gittes is a film producer best known for his work on notable American movies such as "About Schmidt."
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E.
J. J. Gittes
J. J. Gittes is the cynical yet principled private investigator portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the classic neo-noir film "Chinatown."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aa5d8be481909a43218b2bfdbe95 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6ff3722ec8190b2d78a5630bf6efc |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69de2270ff1c81908ec1d37c7e9efd8a |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:13 p.m.