Triple
T9780574
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frankie Faison |
E237357
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Wire character Ervin Burrell
Ervin Burrell is a fictional high-ranking Baltimore police commander in the television series "The Wire," known for his political maneuvering and focus on statistics over substantive policing.
|
E819874
|
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: The Wire character Ervin Burrell | Statement: [Frankie Faison, notableWork, The Wire character Ervin Burrell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wire character Ervin Burrell Context triple: [Frankie Faison, notableWork, The Wire character Ervin Burrell]
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A.
Wallace (The Wire)
Wallace is a young, vulnerable low-level drug dealer in the TV series "The Wire," whose tragic storyline highlights the human cost of the drug trade in Baltimore.
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B.
The Wire character: Mayor Clarence Royce
Mayor Clarence Royce is a fictional Baltimore politician on the television series "The Wire," portrayed as a pragmatic yet ethically compromised incumbent mayor navigating the city's entrenched political and institutional problems.
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C.
Nick Sobotka in The Wire
Nick Sobotka in *The Wire* is a young longshoreman and nephew of union leader Frank Sobotka who becomes entangled in smuggling and the drug trade at the Baltimore docks.
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D.
Lester Freamon in The Wire
Lester Freamon in *The Wire* is a quietly brilliant, patient, and detail-obsessed Baltimore detective renowned for his skill in financial investigations and wiretap work.
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E.
Russell "Stringer" Bell
Russell "Stringer" Bell is a calculating drug kingpin and aspiring businessman in the television series "The Wire," known for his strategic mind and attempts to legitimize his criminal empire.
- 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: The Wire character Ervin Burrell Triple: [Frankie Faison, notableWork, The Wire character Ervin Burrell]
Generated description
Ervin Burrell is a fictional high-ranking Baltimore police commander in the television series "The Wire," known for his political maneuvering and focus on statistics over substantive policing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wire character Ervin Burrell Target entity description: Ervin Burrell is a fictional high-ranking Baltimore police commander in the television series "The Wire," known for his political maneuvering and focus on statistics over substantive policing.
-
A.
Wallace (The Wire)
Wallace is a young, vulnerable low-level drug dealer in the TV series "The Wire," whose tragic storyline highlights the human cost of the drug trade in Baltimore.
-
B.
The Wire character: Mayor Clarence Royce
Mayor Clarence Royce is a fictional Baltimore politician on the television series "The Wire," portrayed as a pragmatic yet ethically compromised incumbent mayor navigating the city's entrenched political and institutional problems.
-
C.
Nick Sobotka in The Wire
Nick Sobotka in *The Wire* is a young longshoreman and nephew of union leader Frank Sobotka who becomes entangled in smuggling and the drug trade at the Baltimore docks.
-
D.
Lester Freamon in The Wire
Lester Freamon in *The Wire* is a quietly brilliant, patient, and detail-obsessed Baltimore detective renowned for his skill in financial investigations and wiretap work.
-
E.
Russell "Stringer" Bell
Russell "Stringer" Bell is a calculating drug kingpin and aspiring businessman in the television series "The Wire," known for his strategic mind and attempts to legitimize his criminal empire.
- 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_69ca84d975a08190aab25b02a89bdab3 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda1b0b15881909ef52d0156148c59 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1bd28b0e48190984cf44d88f324d7 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1be259b388190bf60b97a6be12715 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1bea090b48190ae903036cc79dded |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:45 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:27 p.m.