Triple

T9268447
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Middleditch E222759 entity
Predicate appearedInTVSeries P795 FINISHED
Object B Positive
B Positive is an American sitcom that follows an unlikely friendship between a therapist in need of a kidney transplant and his eccentric donor.
 E788743 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: B Positive | Statement: [Thomas Middleditch, appearedInTVSeries, B Positive]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: B Positive
Context triple: [Thomas Middleditch, appearedInTVSeries, B Positive]
  • A. B
    B is the designation of one of the main lines of the Paris RER commuter rail network, serving a major north–south axis through the Île-de-France region.
  • B. B
    B is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for Berlin, Germany.
  • C. B
    B is an early systems programming language developed at Bell Labs that served as a direct precursor to the C programming language.
  • D. B
    B is a New York City Subway service that runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line, providing local and express service through Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • E. Ba
    Ba is a town and district on the northwestern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji, known for its sugar industry and cultural diversity.
  • 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: B Positive
Triple: [Thomas Middleditch, appearedInTVSeries, B Positive]
Generated description
B Positive is an American sitcom that follows an unlikely friendship between a therapist in need of a kidney transplant and his eccentric donor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: B Positive
Target entity description: B Positive is an American sitcom that follows an unlikely friendship between a therapist in need of a kidney transplant and his eccentric donor.
  • A. B
    B is the designation of one of the main lines of the Paris RER commuter rail network, serving a major north–south axis through the Île-de-France region.
  • B. B
    B is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for Berlin, Germany.
  • C. B
    B is an early systems programming language developed at Bell Labs that served as a direct precursor to the C programming language.
  • D. B
    B is a New York City Subway service that runs on the IND Sixth Avenue Line, providing local and express service through Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  • E. Ba
    Ba is a town and district on the northwestern coast of Viti Levu in Fiji, known for its sugar industry and cultural diversity.
  • 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_69ca841f2e808190a64f4c31903a1332 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd074d2d0081909f9f8db04547358e completed April 1, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d09c2239a08190b954c8c57ced8fd2 completed April 4, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d09cf11e488190b61f4a61002454e6 completed April 4, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d09e2450048190b5aa31507e54d6c8 completed April 4, 2026, 5:14 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:33 p.m.