Triple

T2458654
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hill Street Blues E54480 entity
Predicate castMember P1668 FINISHED
Object James Sikking
James Sikking is an American actor best known for his role as the strict and disciplined Lt. Howard Hunter on the acclaimed television series "Hill Street Blues."
E370629 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: James Sikking | Statement: [Hill Street Blues, castMember, James Sikking]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sikking
Context triple: [Hill Street Blues, castMember, James Sikking]
  • A. Jerry Seeman
    Jerry Seeman was a prominent NFL official who served as a referee in multiple Super Bowls and later became the league’s Director of Officiating.
  • B. Kevin Nolting
    Kevin Nolting is an American film editor best known for his work on Pixar animated features, including the Academy Award-winning film "Up."
  • C. Dave Keuning
    Dave Keuning is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band The Killers.
  • D. Kevin Hageman
    Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
  • E. Mark Okerstrom
    Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian business executive best known for serving as the former CEO of Expedia Group.
  • 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: James Sikking
Triple: [Hill Street Blues, castMember, James Sikking]
Generated description
James Sikking is an American actor best known for his role as the strict and disciplined Lt. Howard Hunter on the acclaimed television series "Hill Street Blues."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sikking
Target entity description: James Sikking is an American actor best known for his role as the strict and disciplined Lt. Howard Hunter on the acclaimed television series "Hill Street Blues."
  • A. Jerry Seeman
    Jerry Seeman was a prominent NFL official who served as a referee in multiple Super Bowls and later became the league’s Director of Officiating.
  • B. Kevin Nolting
    Kevin Nolting is an American film editor best known for his work on Pixar animated features, including the Academy Award-winning film "Up."
  • C. Dave Keuning
    Dave Keuning is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band The Killers.
  • D. Kevin Hageman
    Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
  • E. Mark Okerstrom
    Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian business executive best known for serving as the former CEO of Expedia Group.
  • 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_69b3bb56c2e081909168c0fef26bff44 completed March 13, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3bf4336b08190ba74f0b9d5bf399e completed March 13, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3fa663e508190af580cf2de425fc5 completed March 13, 2026, 11:52 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.