Triple

T1737437
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Big Bang Theory E37950 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Leonard Hofstadter
Leonard Hofstadter is a socially awkward but kind-hearted experimental physicist who serves as one of the central nerdy protagonists in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
E195370 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: Leonard Hofstadter | Statement: [The Big Bang Theory, mainCharacter, Leonard Hofstadter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leonard Hofstadter
Context triple: [The Big Bang Theory, mainCharacter, Leonard Hofstadter]
  • A. Sheldon Cooper
    Sheldon Cooper is a socially awkward, intellectually gifted theoretical physicist known for his rigid routines, literal mindset, and distinctive humor in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
  • B. Sheldon
    Sheldon is a masculine given name most notably associated with American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
  • C. Sheldon Roberts
    Sheldon Roberts was an American engineer and semiconductor pioneer best known as one of the "Traitorous Eight" who left Shockley Semiconductor to found Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s modern electronics industry.
  • D. Sheldon Lane
    Sheldon Lane is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lane.
  • E. Niles Crane
    Niles Crane is a fastidious, neurotic, and intellectually snobbish psychiatrist best known as Frasier Crane’s younger brother on the television sitcom "Frasier."
  • 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: Leonard Hofstadter
Triple: [The Big Bang Theory, mainCharacter, Leonard Hofstadter]
Generated description
Leonard Hofstadter is a socially awkward but kind-hearted experimental physicist who serves as one of the central nerdy protagonists in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Leonard Hofstadter
Target entity description: Leonard Hofstadter is a socially awkward but kind-hearted experimental physicist who serves as one of the central nerdy protagonists in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
  • A. Sheldon Cooper
    Sheldon Cooper is a socially awkward, intellectually gifted theoretical physicist known for his rigid routines, literal mindset, and distinctive humor in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
  • B. Sheldon
    Sheldon is a masculine given name most notably associated with American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
  • C. Sheldon Roberts
    Sheldon Roberts was an American engineer and semiconductor pioneer best known as one of the "Traitorous Eight" who left Shockley Semiconductor to found Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s modern electronics industry.
  • D. Sheldon Lane
    Sheldon Lane is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Lane.
  • E. Niles Crane
    Niles Crane is a fastidious, neurotic, and intellectually snobbish psychiatrist best known as Frasier Crane’s younger brother on the television sitcom "Frasier."
  • 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63a47cd481909c211e4da7f5dfe9 completed March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada0d999148190a889f761af05f431 completed March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ada207c50881909729bf565c2af9dd completed March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ada2c607fc819089d276ae9eca82a4 completed March 8, 2026, 4:24 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.