Triple
T8268082
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sheldon Cooper |
E193350
|
entity |
| Predicate | closeFriend |
P8712
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard Wolowitz |
E193352
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Wolowitz | Statement: [Sheldon Cooper, closeFriend, Howard Wolowitz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Wolowitz Context triple: [Sheldon Cooper, closeFriend, Howard Wolowitz]
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A.
Howard Wolowitz
chosen
Howard Wolowitz is a quirky, aerospace engineer and astronaut known for his flamboyant fashion sense and overconfident personality on the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
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B.
Tom Haverford
Tom Haverford is a flashy, entrepreneurial, and often self-absorbed government employee known for his humorous schemes and pop-culture obsessions in the sitcom Parks and Recreation.
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C.
Michael Bluth
Michael Bluth is the responsible, level-headed son who struggles to keep his wildly dysfunctional family and their failing real estate business together in the sitcom "Arrested Development."
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D.
Bill Macy
Bill Macy was an American actor best known for his role as Walter Findlay on the 1970s television sitcom "Maude."
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E.
George Costanza
George Costanza is a neurotic, self-absorbed, and perpetually unlucky character from the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his elaborate lies, social awkwardness, and comedic misfortune.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82e081d48190986beaa51f498ab9 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb794fc4208190b268bc69ff2b28a9 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 7:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd6833065c8190945e88022ad2869d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:50 p.m.