Triple

T7072912
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sherman Hemsley E164742 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object Deacon Ernest Frye
Deacon Ernest Frye is a cantankerous, scheming church deacon and the central comedic character played by Sherman Hemsley on the sitcom "Amen."
E639722 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: Deacon Ernest Frye | Statement: [Sherman Hemsley, characterPortrayed, Deacon Ernest Frye]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deacon Ernest Frye
Context triple: [Sherman Hemsley, characterPortrayed, Deacon Ernest Frye]
  • A. Deacon Phillippe
    Deacon Phillippe was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for his standout performances with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
  • B. Reverend Frank Scott
    Reverend Frank Scott is a courageous, unconventional clergyman who leads and sacrifices himself to save survivors in the disaster film "The Poseidon Adventure."
  • C. Rev. Leonard Neale
    Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
  • D. Father John Culmer
    Father John Culmer was a prominent African-American Episcopal priest and civil rights leader in Miami, known for his advocacy for social justice and improved living conditions for Black communities.
  • E. Reverend Patrick Allison
    Reverend Patrick Allison was an influential 18th-century Presbyterian minister best known as the founding pastor of the First and Franklin Presbyterian Church in Baltimore and a prominent religious leader in early American history.
  • 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: Deacon Ernest Frye
Triple: [Sherman Hemsley, characterPortrayed, Deacon Ernest Frye]
Generated description
Deacon Ernest Frye is a cantankerous, scheming church deacon and the central comedic character played by Sherman Hemsley on the sitcom "Amen."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deacon Ernest Frye
Target entity description: Deacon Ernest Frye is a cantankerous, scheming church deacon and the central comedic character played by Sherman Hemsley on the sitcom "Amen."
  • A. Deacon Phillippe
    Deacon Phillippe was a prominent early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, best known for his standout performances with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
  • B. Reverend Frank Scott
    Reverend Frank Scott is a courageous, unconventional clergyman who leads and sacrifices himself to save survivors in the disaster film "The Poseidon Adventure."
  • C. Rev. Leonard Neale
    Rev. Leonard Neale was an American Catholic priest and later Archbishop of Baltimore who played a key role in early U.S. Catholic education and religious life.
  • D. Father John Culmer
    Father John Culmer was a prominent African-American Episcopal priest and civil rights leader in Miami, known for his advocacy for social justice and improved living conditions for Black communities.
  • E. Reverend Patrick Allison
    Reverend Patrick Allison was an influential 18th-century Presbyterian minister best known as the founding pastor of the First and Franklin Presbyterian Church in Baltimore and a prominent religious leader in early American history.
  • 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_69c6887b96548190a8a9b3ac8adf4119 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e4cb76548190bd98876f8ba925b7 completed March 27, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7945fdafc81909c265373627af4e8 completed March 28, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7950271a48190b6e0c3f307ebdc5a completed March 28, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7957439b8819081fb2721bbd8b65c completed March 28, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:39 p.m.