Triple

T8336376
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Avon Barksdale E195796 entity
Predicate closeAssociate P2830 FINISHED
Object D'Angelo Barksdale
D'Angelo Barksdale is a conflicted mid-level drug lieutenant in the Barksdale Organization on the TV series "The Wire," known for his moral doubts about the criminal life he was born into.
E726123 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: D'Angelo Barksdale | Statement: [Avon Barksdale, closeAssociate, D'Angelo Barksdale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D'Angelo Barksdale
Context triple: [Avon Barksdale, closeAssociate, D'Angelo Barksdale]
  • A. Avon Barksdale
    Avon Barksdale is a powerful and calculating Baltimore drug kingpin who serves as one of the central crime bosses in the television series "The Wire."
  • B. Vic Mackey
    Vic Mackey is a ruthless, morally corrupt LAPD detective and the central antihero of the crime drama series "The Shield."
  • C. Marsellus Wallace
    Marsellus Wallace is a powerful Los Angeles crime boss in Quentin Tarantino's film "Pulp Fiction," known for his imposing presence and central role in the movie's intersecting storylines.
  • D. Omar Little
    Omar Little is a notorious, principled stick-up man in the television series "The Wire," known for robbing drug dealers and living by a strict personal code.
  • E. Earl "Wire" Lindo
    Earl "Wire" Lindo was a Jamaican keyboardist and member of Bob Marley and the Wailers, known for his influential contributions to roots reggae music.
  • 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: D'Angelo Barksdale
Triple: [Avon Barksdale, closeAssociate, D'Angelo Barksdale]
Generated description
D'Angelo Barksdale is a conflicted mid-level drug lieutenant in the Barksdale Organization on the TV series "The Wire," known for his moral doubts about the criminal life he was born into.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D'Angelo Barksdale
Target entity description: D'Angelo Barksdale is a conflicted mid-level drug lieutenant in the Barksdale Organization on the TV series "The Wire," known for his moral doubts about the criminal life he was born into.
  • A. Avon Barksdale
    Avon Barksdale is a powerful and calculating Baltimore drug kingpin who serves as one of the central crime bosses in the television series "The Wire."
  • B. Vic Mackey
    Vic Mackey is a ruthless, morally corrupt LAPD detective and the central antihero of the crime drama series "The Shield."
  • C. Marsellus Wallace
    Marsellus Wallace is a powerful Los Angeles crime boss in Quentin Tarantino's film "Pulp Fiction," known for his imposing presence and central role in the movie's intersecting storylines.
  • D. Omar Little
    Omar Little is a notorious, principled stick-up man in the television series "The Wire," known for robbing drug dealers and living by a strict personal code.
  • E. Earl "Wire" Lindo
    Earl "Wire" Lindo was a Jamaican keyboardist and member of Bob Marley and the Wailers, known for his influential contributions to roots reggae music.
  • 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.