Triple
T8440868
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jimmy McNulty |
E199347
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James McNulty
James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
|
E738968
|
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: James McNulty | Statement: [Jimmy McNulty, fullName, James McNulty]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McNulty Context triple: [Jimmy McNulty, fullName, James McNulty]
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A.
Matthew McNulty
Matthew McNulty is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "Misfits," "The Mill," and "Versailles."
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B.
Tony McNulty
Tony McNulty is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles including Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing.
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C.
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Shakespearean adaptations.
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D.
Joe Dougherty
Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
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E.
Richard Mullen
Richard Mullen is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s landmark blues-rock albums, including "Texas Flood."
- 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: James McNulty Triple: [Jimmy McNulty, fullName, James McNulty]
Generated description
James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James McNulty Target entity description: James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
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A.
Matthew McNulty
Matthew McNulty is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "Misfits," "The Mill," and "Versailles."
-
B.
Tony McNulty
Tony McNulty is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles including Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing.
-
C.
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Shakespearean adaptations.
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D.
Joe Dougherty
Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
-
E.
Richard Mullen
Richard Mullen is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s landmark blues-rock albums, including "Texas Flood."
- 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_69ca8314cd6c8190a6b8c2a1096e18f3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe138a94081908e306d22aaa39b24 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 2:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4dc163488190a53d8696fdba94b5 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce51efb1e48190abca64f24b03febc |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce525196208190b2d70fd2be293826 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:08 p.m.