Triple

T4048325
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Better Call Saul E84121 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Howard Hamlin
Howard Hamlin is a high-powered, image-conscious attorney and partner at the law firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill in the television series "Better Call Saul."
E408318 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: Howard Hamlin | Statement: [Better Call Saul, mainCharacter, Howard Hamlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Hamlin
Context triple: [Better Call Saul, mainCharacter, Howard Hamlin]
  • A. Michael Ross
    Michael Ross was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Jeffersons.
  • B. Brad Grey
    Brad Grey was an American television and film producer who served as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, overseeing the studio during a major period of commercial and critical success.
  • C. Harry Hamlin
    Harry Hamlin is an American actor best known for his roles in the film "Clash of the Titans" and the television series "L.A. Law."
  • D. Mark Robarts
    Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
  • E. Walter Black
    Walter Black is the troubled, depressed protagonist of the film "The Beaver," who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet as a coping mechanism.
  • 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: Howard Hamlin
Triple: [Better Call Saul, mainCharacter, Howard Hamlin]
Generated description
Howard Hamlin is a high-powered, image-conscious attorney and partner at the law firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill in the television series "Better Call Saul."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Hamlin
Target entity description: Howard Hamlin is a high-powered, image-conscious attorney and partner at the law firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill in the television series "Better Call Saul."
  • A. Michael Ross
    Michael Ross was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating influential sitcoms such as The Jeffersons.
  • B. Brad Grey
    Brad Grey was an American television and film producer who served as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, overseeing the studio during a major period of commercial and critical success.
  • C. Harry Hamlin
    Harry Hamlin is an American actor best known for his roles in the film "Clash of the Titans" and the television series "L.A. Law."
  • D. Mark Robarts
    Mark Robarts is an ambitious young clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Framley Parsonage," whose social aspirations and financial imprudence drive much of the story’s conflict.
  • E. Walter Black
    Walter Black is the troubled, depressed protagonist of the film "The Beaver," who begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet as a coping mechanism.
  • 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_69aed930bd5c819083e7dcc14fc44f69 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb81040481909b22e4c445ecae0f completed March 9, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5565466648190802a9b8fd88c3572 completed March 14, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b556cdd05081909fea1fb0a58bc7d1 completed March 14, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b557d445d081908f48fe3bd06f786e completed March 14, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.