Triple
T2308391
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In the Heat of the Night |
E51893
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Virgil Tibbs
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."
|
E257315
|
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: Virgil Tibbs | Statement: [In the Heat of the Night, character, 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, character, Virgil Tibbs]
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A.
J. J. Gittes
J. J. Gittes is the cynical yet principled private investigator portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the classic neo-noir film "Chinatown."
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B.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
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C.
Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe is a hardboiled, wisecracking private detective created by Raymond Chandler and featured in a series of classic American crime novels and film noir adaptations.
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D.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
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E.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
- 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: Virgil Tibbs Triple: [In the Heat of the Night, character, Virgil Tibbs]
Generated description
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."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Tibbs Target entity description: 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."
-
A.
J. J. Gittes
J. J. Gittes is the cynical yet principled private investigator portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the classic neo-noir film "Chinatown."
-
B.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
-
C.
Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe is a hardboiled, wisecracking private detective created by Raymond Chandler and featured in a series of classic American crime novels and film noir adaptations.
-
D.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
-
E.
Jack Crawford
Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
- 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_69a88b0bb30c81908ded03b006d29387 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc607cf4881908ba4ea2a7f5dedc9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae960dfb708190868126460d27b144 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae96ea1b6c81908e05ca78c5e07320 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae97a775008190bdda2f63810cd5e8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.