Triple
T2458653
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hill Street Blues |
E54480
|
entity |
| Predicate | castMember |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Betty Thomas
Betty Thomas is an American actress and director best known for her Emmy-winning role on the television drama "Hill Street Blues" and for directing several successful comedy films.
|
E319598
|
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: Betty Thomas | Statement: [Hill Street Blues, castMember, Betty Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Thomas Context triple: [Hill Street Blues, castMember, Betty Thomas]
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A.
Betty Furness
Betty Furness was an American actress and television personality best known for her film roles in the 1930s and later as a pioneering consumer affairs advocate on TV.
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B.
Edna Thompson
Edna Thompson was the wife of legendary American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington.
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C.
Betty Bronson
Betty Bronson was an American film actress best known for her roles in silent and early sound films, including her iconic portrayal of Peter Pan in the 1924 adaptation.
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D.
Betty Irene Whitaker
Betty Irene Whitaker is the wife of Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon E. Moore and a partner in his philanthropic endeavors.
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E.
Betty Charity McCloskey
Betty Charity McCloskey was the wife of American physicist and Nobel laureate Arthur H. Compton.
- 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: Betty Thomas Triple: [Hill Street Blues, castMember, Betty Thomas]
Generated description
Betty Thomas is an American actress and director best known for her Emmy-winning role on the television drama "Hill Street Blues" and for directing several successful comedy films.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Betty Thomas Target entity description: Betty Thomas is an American actress and director best known for her Emmy-winning role on the television drama "Hill Street Blues" and for directing several successful comedy films.
-
A.
Betty Furness
Betty Furness was an American actress and television personality best known for her film roles in the 1930s and later as a pioneering consumer affairs advocate on TV.
-
B.
Edna Thompson
Edna Thompson was the wife of legendary American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington.
-
C.
Betty Bronson
Betty Bronson was an American film actress best known for her roles in silent and early sound films, including her iconic portrayal of Peter Pan in the 1924 adaptation.
-
D.
Betty Irene Whitaker
Betty Irene Whitaker is the wife of Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon E. Moore and a partner in his philanthropic endeavors.
-
E.
Betty Charity McCloskey
Betty Charity McCloskey was the wife of American physicist and Nobel laureate Arthur H. Compton.
- 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_69ab49dee84c819096b50a0049c347ac |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd10a35f88190b102a2cb5c88146e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b12ded5f9c8190a0de21b631d970b0 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 8:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1316ee0708190bd27bb78f7f298d3 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1d6729f848190a275638f074c1729 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 8:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.