Triple

T1748449
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Wire E38386 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Lester Freamon
Lester Freamon is a meticulous, soft-spoken detective in the TV series "The Wire," renowned for his patience, investigative brilliance, and skill at unraveling complex financial and wiretap cases.
E199349 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: Lester Freamon | Statement: [The Wire, mainCharacter, Lester Freamon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Freamon
Context triple: [The Wire, mainCharacter, Lester Freamon]
  • A. Ed Exley
    Ed Exley is an ambitious, morally conflicted LAPD detective whose pursuit of justice and integrity drives much of the intrigue and character drama in *L.A. Confidential*.
  • B. Lorenzo Semple Jr.
    Lorenzo Semple Jr. was an American screenwriter best known for his work on the 1960s Batman TV series and several high-profile films, including thrillers and action-adventures of the 1970s.
  • C. Lance Cumson
    Lance Cumson is a central, often scheming heir in the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," known for his turbulent family and romantic entanglements.
  • D. Jon DeVaan
    Jon DeVaan is a longtime Microsoft engineering leader known for his key roles in developing and managing core Windows and Office technologies.
  • E. Pat Hobbs
    Pat Hobbs is an American college athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Rutgers University, where he has overseen major developments in the Scarlet Knights’ athletic programs.
  • 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: Lester Freamon
Triple: [The Wire, mainCharacter, Lester Freamon]
Generated description
Lester Freamon is a meticulous, soft-spoken detective in the TV series "The Wire," renowned for his patience, investigative brilliance, and skill at unraveling complex financial and wiretap cases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lester Freamon
Target entity description: Lester Freamon is a meticulous, soft-spoken detective in the TV series "The Wire," renowned for his patience, investigative brilliance, and skill at unraveling complex financial and wiretap cases.
  • A. Ed Exley
    Ed Exley is an ambitious, morally conflicted LAPD detective whose pursuit of justice and integrity drives much of the intrigue and character drama in *L.A. Confidential*.
  • B. Lorenzo Semple Jr.
    Lorenzo Semple Jr. was an American screenwriter best known for his work on the 1960s Batman TV series and several high-profile films, including thrillers and action-adventures of the 1970s.
  • C. Lance Cumson
    Lance Cumson is a central, often scheming heir in the 1980s American prime-time soap opera "Falcon Crest," known for his turbulent family and romantic entanglements.
  • D. Jon DeVaan
    Jon DeVaan is a longtime Microsoft engineering leader known for his key roles in developing and managing core Windows and Office technologies.
  • E. Pat Hobbs
    Pat Hobbs is an American college athletics administrator best known for serving as the athletic director at Rutgers University, where he has overseen major developments in the Scarlet Knights’ athletic programs.
  • 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_69a8862b01a48190ab47209063af82d9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa63ee4d2081909dfd6d3244228c56 completed March 6, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ada989b368819098b788d099f2f8e4 completed March 8, 2026, 4:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adae972d1081909cd13e8220c3ccc6 completed March 8, 2026, 5:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adaf9d042481909dbd54d9e04e444e completed March 8, 2026, 5:19 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.