Triple
T13997753
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston Legal |
E336744
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Shirley Schmidt |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Shirley Schmidt | Statement: [Boston Legal, mainCharacter, Shirley Schmidt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Schmidt Context triple: [Boston Legal, mainCharacter, Shirley Schmidt]
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A.
Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman is a powerful pyrokinetic human and key member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense in the Hellboy comic and film series.
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B.
Patricia Riggen
Patricia Riggen is a Mexican film director known for her work on inspirational dramas and mainstream Hollywood films such as "Miracles from Heaven" and "The 33."
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C.
Judith Lynn Sill
Judith Lynn Sill, better known as Judee Sill, was an American singer-songwriter of the early 1970s acclaimed for her intricate baroque-folk compositions and spiritually themed lyrics.
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D.
Gail Brown
Gail Brown is an American actress and the sister of acclaimed film and television actress Karen Black.
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E.
Nancy Rotering
Nancy Rotering is an American attorney and Democratic politician who has served as the long-time mayor of Highland Park, Illinois, and has been active in gun control and public safety advocacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shirley Schmidt Target entity description: Shirley Schmidt is a sharp-witted, formidable senior partner and attorney on the television series "Boston Legal," known for her intelligence, authority, and dry humor.
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A.
Liz Sherman
Liz Sherman is a powerful pyrokinetic human and key member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense in the Hellboy comic and film series.
-
B.
Patricia Riggen
Patricia Riggen is a Mexican film director known for her work on inspirational dramas and mainstream Hollywood films such as "Miracles from Heaven" and "The 33."
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C.
Judith Lynn Sill
Judith Lynn Sill, better known as Judee Sill, was an American singer-songwriter of the early 1970s acclaimed for her intricate baroque-folk compositions and spiritually themed lyrics.
-
D.
Gail Brown
Gail Brown is an American actress and the sister of acclaimed film and television actress Karen Black.
-
E.
Nancy Rotering
Nancy Rotering is an American attorney and Democratic politician who has served as the long-time mayor of Highland Park, Illinois, and has been active in gun control and public safety advocacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d81c645c5c8190b1fd16a285a1b78a |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de2eb68ba88190bfaf10777d607bf3 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:19 p.m.