Triple

T9983791
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The New WKRP in Cincinnati E196515 entity
Predicate featuresCharacter P626 FINISHED
Object Herb Tarlek
Herb Tarlek is a loud, tacky-suited, and comically inept advertising salesman character from the WKRP in Cincinnati television franchise.
E834245 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: Herb Tarlek | Statement: [The New WKRP in Cincinnati, featuresCharacter, Herb Tarlek]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Tarlek
Context triple: [The New WKRP in Cincinnati, featuresCharacter, Herb Tarlek]
  • A. Derbarl Yerrigan
    Derbarl Yerrigan is the Noongar Aboriginal name for the Swan River in Western Australia, reflecting its deep cultural and spiritual significance to the local Indigenous people.
  • B. Malk Rezen
    Malk Rezen is a notable peak on Bulgaria’s Vitosha Mountain, popular for hiking and offering panoramic views over Sofia.
  • C. Frederic Talgorn
    Frédéric Talgorn is a French composer best known for his symphonic film scores and concert works, particularly in the science fiction and action genres.
  • D. Kyle Katarn
    Kyle Katarn is a former Imperial officer turned mercenary and Jedi who plays a central role in the Star Wars expanded universe, particularly in the Dark Forces and Jedi Knight video game series.
  • E. Atron Gregory
    Atron Gregory is a music industry executive and artist manager best known for helping launch Tupac Shakur’s early career.
  • 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: Herb Tarlek
Triple: [The New WKRP in Cincinnati, featuresCharacter, Herb Tarlek]
Generated description
Herb Tarlek is a loud, tacky-suited, and comically inept advertising salesman character from the WKRP in Cincinnati television franchise.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herb Tarlek
Target entity description: Herb Tarlek is a loud, tacky-suited, and comically inept advertising salesman character from the WKRP in Cincinnati television franchise.
  • A. Derbarl Yerrigan
    Derbarl Yerrigan is the Noongar Aboriginal name for the Swan River in Western Australia, reflecting its deep cultural and spiritual significance to the local Indigenous people.
  • B. Malk Rezen
    Malk Rezen is a notable peak on Bulgaria’s Vitosha Mountain, popular for hiking and offering panoramic views over Sofia.
  • C. Frederic Talgorn
    Frédéric Talgorn is a French composer best known for his symphonic film scores and concert works, particularly in the science fiction and action genres.
  • D. Kyle Katarn
    Kyle Katarn is a former Imperial officer turned mercenary and Jedi who plays a central role in the Star Wars expanded universe, particularly in the Dark Forces and Jedi Knight video game series.
  • E. Atron Gregory
    Atron Gregory is a music industry executive and artist manager best known for helping launch Tupac Shakur’s early career.
  • 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_69ca82efbce081908179b4b9c65096eb completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb8bdc0388190bbbd4bdc5ac3adec completed April 2, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d257f3c59481909b90896be0f3a870 completed April 5, 2026, 12:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d25889b0f08190a28c5401417fe3cc completed April 5, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d25981db3c8190b7b4935cdcc1fe1c completed April 5, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:49 p.m.