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.
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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."
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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.
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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.