Triple
T2308392
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In the Heat of the Night |
E51893
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bill Gillespie
Bill Gillespie is the white, small-town Mississippi police chief whose uneasy but evolving partnership with Black detective Virgil Tibbs drives the racial and social tensions at the heart of "In the Heat of the Night."
|
E256273
|
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: Bill Gillespie | Statement: [In the Heat of the Night, character, Bill Gillespie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Gillespie Context triple: [In the Heat of the Night, character, Bill Gillespie]
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A.
Bill Ferguson
Bill Ferguson is an American Democratic politician who serves as president of the Maryland Senate, representing Baltimore in the state legislature.
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B.
Donald Dewar
Donald Dewar was a Scottish Labour politician widely regarded as the architect of Scottish devolution and the inaugural head of the modern Scottish Government.
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C.
Felix Salmond
Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
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D.
Richard Cameron
Richard Cameron was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and militant Covenanter leader who became a symbol of resistance to royal interference in the Church of Scotland.
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E.
Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
- 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: Bill Gillespie Triple: [In the Heat of the Night, character, Bill Gillespie]
Generated description
Bill Gillespie is the white, small-town Mississippi police chief whose uneasy but evolving partnership with Black detective Virgil Tibbs drives the racial and social tensions at the heart of "In the Heat of the Night."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bill Gillespie Target entity description: Bill Gillespie is the white, small-town Mississippi police chief whose uneasy but evolving partnership with Black detective Virgil Tibbs drives the racial and social tensions at the heart of "In the Heat of the Night."
-
A.
Bill Ferguson
Bill Ferguson is an American Democratic politician who serves as president of the Maryland Senate, representing Baltimore in the state legislature.
-
B.
Donald Dewar
Donald Dewar was a Scottish Labour politician widely regarded as the architect of Scottish devolution and the inaugural head of the modern Scottish Government.
-
C.
Felix Salmond
Felix Salmond was a prominent early 20th-century British cellist and influential teacher, known for premiering Elgar’s Cello Concerto and shaping generations of American string players.
-
D.
Richard Cameron
Richard Cameron was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and militant Covenanter leader who became a symbol of resistance to royal interference in the Church of Scotland.
-
E.
Angus Campbell
Angus Campbell is a senior Australian Army officer who has served as Chief of the Defence Force.
- 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_69ae8959d860819095ea3113e3d9264e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae8d49b7c081909f89c71a56067458 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae8dc4cf44819082f242d6806aa45a |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:07 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:49 p.m.