Triple
T8336368
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Avon Barksdale |
E195796
|
entity |
| Predicate | basedOn |
P98
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nathan Barksdale
Nathan Barksdale was a notorious Baltimore drug dealer whose life and criminal career partially inspired the character Avon Barksdale on the television series "The Wire."
|
E726119
|
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: Nathan Barksdale | Statement: [Avon Barksdale, basedOn, Nathan Barksdale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Barksdale Context triple: [Avon Barksdale, basedOn, Nathan Barksdale]
-
A.
Ned Washington
Ned Washington was an American lyricist renowned for his work on classic film songs and popular standards in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Demond Wilson
Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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C.
Piper Dellums
Piper Dellums is an American writer, speaker, and activist whose real-life experiences with a South African exchange student inspired the Disney Channel film "The Color of Friendship."
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D.
Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale is an American business executive best known for serving as CEO of Netscape during the early commercial growth of the internet.
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E.
Cole Young
Cole Young is a fictional mixed martial artist and the original protagonist introduced in the 2021 film adaptation of Mortal Kombat.
- 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: Nathan Barksdale Triple: [Avon Barksdale, basedOn, Nathan Barksdale]
Generated description
Nathan Barksdale was a notorious Baltimore drug dealer whose life and criminal career partially inspired the character Avon Barksdale on the television series "The Wire."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathan Barksdale Target entity description: Nathan Barksdale was a notorious Baltimore drug dealer whose life and criminal career partially inspired the character Avon Barksdale on the television series "The Wire."
-
A.
Ned Washington
Ned Washington was an American lyricist renowned for his work on classic film songs and popular standards in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Demond Wilson
Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
-
C.
Piper Dellums
Piper Dellums is an American writer, speaker, and activist whose real-life experiences with a South African exchange student inspired the Disney Channel film "The Color of Friendship."
-
D.
Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale is an American business executive best known for serving as CEO of Netscape during the early commercial growth of the internet.
-
E.
Cole Young
Cole Young is a fictional mixed martial artist and the original protagonist introduced in the 2021 film adaptation of Mortal Kombat.
- 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_69ca82ecbdc481908a55cad8ca062d88 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb7fd3fc80819097b326119107ad4d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cd95e17300819090e405c4c60b280d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdab61d00c81909ce2c0d718a2dc1a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cdb2ef889c8190af6efb9473f8804c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.