Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Bernie Mac Show E351091 entity
Predicate character P662 FINISHED
Object Vanessa Thomkins
Vanessa Thomkins is a central teenage character on the sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," known as Bernie’s smart but often rebellious niece who frequently challenges his authority.
E1083092 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: Vanessa Thomkins | Statement: [The Bernie Mac Show, character, Vanessa Thomkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanessa Thomkins
Context triple: [The Bernie Mac Show, character, Vanessa Thomkins]
  • A. Vanessa
    Vanessa is the enigmatic, emotionally complex woman at the center of the film "By the Sea," whose inner turmoil drives the story’s exploration of marriage and personal grief.
  • B. Vanessa
    Vanessa is an English feminine given name that gained wider recognition through public figures such as Vanessa Trump.
  • C. Vanessa
    Vanessa is a fictional character associated with the setting of a beauty shop, likely depicted as someone involved in or frequenting the salon environment.
  • D. Vanessa Brown
    Vanessa Brown was an Austrian-born American actress known for her work in mid-20th-century Hollywood films, radio, and stage productions.
  • E. Vanessa Howard
    Vanessa Howard was a British actress known for her roles in 1960s and 1970s horror and exploitation films, including "The Blood Beast Terror" and "Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly."
  • 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: Vanessa Thomkins
Triple: [The Bernie Mac Show, character, Vanessa Thomkins]
Generated description
Vanessa Thomkins is a central teenage character on the sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," known as Bernie’s smart but often rebellious niece who frequently challenges his authority.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vanessa Thomkins
Target entity description: Vanessa Thomkins is a central teenage character on the sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," known as Bernie’s smart but often rebellious niece who frequently challenges his authority.
  • A. Vanessa
    Vanessa is the enigmatic, emotionally complex woman at the center of the film "By the Sea," whose inner turmoil drives the story’s exploration of marriage and personal grief.
  • B. Vanessa
    Vanessa is an English feminine given name that gained wider recognition through public figures such as Vanessa Trump.
  • C. Vanessa
    Vanessa is a fictional character associated with the setting of a beauty shop, likely depicted as someone involved in or frequenting the salon environment.
  • D. Vanessa Brown
    Vanessa Brown was an Austrian-born American actress known for her work in mid-20th-century Hollywood films, radio, and stage productions.
  • E. Vanessa Howard
    Vanessa Howard was a British actress known for her roles in 1960s and 1970s horror and exploitation films, including "The Blood Beast Terror" and "Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly."
  • 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_69d8278775fc8190b0802d22ca2f495d completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de61b355f08190864c7322bbcb766d completed April 14, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcf7f57ad88190aeb8ee0f834bfa20 completed May 7, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcfdcbd53c81909a347e26b30f9c0b completed May 7, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcfe9099508190bafd65d0d00129f0 completed May 7, 2026, 9:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1 a.m.