Triple

T10856120
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject In the Heat of the Night (novel) E256272 entity
Predicate featuresBlackProtagonist P93957 FINISHED
Object Virgil Tibbs E257315 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 (novel), featuresBlackProtagonist, 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 (novel), featuresBlackProtagonist, Virgil Tibbs]
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • D. Harry Gittes
    Harry Gittes is a film producer best known for his work on notable American movies such as "About Schmidt."
  • 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.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: featuresBlackProtagonist
Context triple: [In the Heat of the Night (novel), featuresBlackProtagonist, Virgil Tibbs]
  • A. protagonistCharacteristic
    Indicates that a characteristic, trait, or defining quality is attributed to the protagonist in a narrative or scenario.
  • B. featuresProtagonistOccupation
    Indicates that the work’s main character has a specified occupation or job role.
  • C. featuresCharacterWith chosen
    Indicates that one entity (such as a work or product) includes or presents a particular character as part of its content.
  • D. protagonistIs
    Indicates that one entity serves as the main character or central figure in relation to another entity or narrative context.
  • E. mainProtagonist
    Indicates that the subject is the central character or primary focus in the narrative of the related work.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d6aa83d1448190a66d93c32394d21f completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7513695ac8190b5812e977a422c37 completed April 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3e6d27d8c8190b2c8ee9c54cf7fd1 completed April 18, 2026, 8:17 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d70d2b51448190bae748ed6c23edde completed April 9, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.