Triple
T3016702
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Singing Detective |
E82352
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip Marlow
Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
|
E321142
|
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: Philip Marlow | Statement: [The Singing Detective, hasCharacter, Philip Marlow]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Marlow Context triple: [The Singing Detective, hasCharacter, Philip Marlow]
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A.
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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B.
Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a hard-boiled private detective and the iconic protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," widely regarded as a defining figure in American noir fiction.
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C.
Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer is a hard-boiled, tough-as-nails private detective created by author Mickey Spillane, known for his violent methods and appearances in numerous crime novels and film adaptations.
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D.
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."
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E.
J. J. Gittes
J. J. Gittes is the cynical yet principled private investigator portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the classic neo-noir film "Chinatown."
- 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: Philip Marlow Triple: [The Singing Detective, hasCharacter, Philip Marlow]
Generated description
Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Marlow Target entity description: Philip Marlow is the fictional, psychologically complex mystery writer and patient at the center of Dennis Potter’s television serial "The Singing Detective," where his hallucinations and noir fantasies intertwine with his real-life illness.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a hard-boiled private detective and the iconic protagonist of Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," widely regarded as a defining figure in American noir fiction.
-
C.
Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer is a hard-boiled, tough-as-nails private detective created by author Mickey Spillane, known for his violent methods and appearances in numerous crime novels and film adaptations.
-
D.
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."
-
E.
J. J. Gittes
J. J. Gittes is the cynical yet principled private investigator portrayed by Jack Nicholson in the classic neo-noir film "Chinatown."
- 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_69ad8b1eb53481908c39bbcd1ec104b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9a6c56708190b7d8d08bca727cc1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1dea9a7c4819087fb6853d839fb1e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1df92c05481908f4490412b5c4885 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1dfe4bfe481909ebd745964940294 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.