Triple
T8440882
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jimmy McNulty |
E199347
|
entity |
| Predicate | antagonisticTo |
P18963
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ervin Burrell
Ervin Burrell is a high-ranking, politically minded Baltimore police commander in the television series "The Wire," known for prioritizing statistics and career advancement over substantive police work.
|
E734463
|
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: Ervin Burrell | Statement: [Jimmy McNulty, antagonisticTo, Ervin Burrell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ervin Burrell Context triple: [Jimmy McNulty, antagonisticTo, Ervin Burrell]
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A.
Henry Burris
Henry Burris is a former Canadian Football League quarterback best known for his prolific passing career, multiple Grey Cup championships, and status as one of the league’s all-time greats.
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B.
Melvin Booker
Melvin Booker is a former American professional basketball player and point guard who starred at the University of Missouri and later played in the NBA and overseas.
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C.
Dick Foran
Dick Foran was an American actor and singer best known for his roles in 1930s and 1940s Westerns and adventure films.
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D.
Byron Pringle
Byron Pringle is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist who has played in the NFL, including winning a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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E.
Rich Gooch
Rich Gooch is a musician best known as a member of the American rock band Quarterflash.
- 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: Ervin Burrell Triple: [Jimmy McNulty, antagonisticTo, Ervin Burrell]
Generated description
Ervin Burrell is a high-ranking, politically minded Baltimore police commander in the television series "The Wire," known for prioritizing statistics and career advancement over substantive police work.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ervin Burrell Target entity description: Ervin Burrell is a high-ranking, politically minded Baltimore police commander in the television series "The Wire," known for prioritizing statistics and career advancement over substantive police work.
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A.
Henry Burris
Henry Burris is a former Canadian Football League quarterback best known for his prolific passing career, multiple Grey Cup championships, and status as one of the league’s all-time greats.
-
B.
Melvin Booker
Melvin Booker is a former American professional basketball player and point guard who starred at the University of Missouri and later played in the NBA and overseas.
-
C.
Dick Foran
Dick Foran was an American actor and singer best known for his roles in 1930s and 1940s Westerns and adventure films.
-
D.
Byron Pringle
Byron Pringle is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist who has played in the NFL, including winning a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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E.
Rich Gooch
Rich Gooch is a musician best known as a member of the American rock band Quarterflash.
- 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_69ce1d9ab3a88190ada7741cf054fc1b |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce203a4c9481909292f540521644cb |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce20bcf5b48190b2b60b88566d5d1c |
completed | April 2, 2026, 7:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:08 p.m.