Triple
T10856110
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | In the Heat of the Night (novel) |
E256272
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sam Wood
Sam Wood is a small-town police officer who becomes entangled in a racially charged murder investigation in John Ball’s novel "In the Heat of the Night."
|
E897665
|
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: Sam Wood | Statement: [In the Heat of the Night (novel), character, Sam Wood]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Wood Context triple: [In the Heat of the Night (novel), character, Sam Wood]
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A.
Sam Wood
Sam Wood was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics such as "A Night at the Opera," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," and "The Pride of the Yankees."
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B.
Roger Spottiswoode
Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
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C.
Lee M. Russell
Lee M. Russell was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Mississippi in the early 20th century.
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D.
Christopher Landon
Christopher Landon is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on the "Paranormal Activity" series and the "Happy Death Day" films.
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E.
Abby Mann
Abby Mann was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his socially conscious dramas, including the Academy Award–winning screenplay for "Judgment at Nuremberg."
- 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: Sam Wood Triple: [In the Heat of the Night (novel), character, Sam Wood]
Generated description
Sam Wood is a small-town police officer who becomes entangled in a racially charged murder investigation in John Ball’s novel "In the Heat of the Night."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Wood Target entity description: Sam Wood is a small-town police officer who becomes entangled in a racially charged murder investigation in John Ball’s novel "In the Heat of the Night."
-
A.
Sam Wood
Sam Wood was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including classics such as "A Night at the Opera," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," and "The Pride of the Yankees."
-
B.
Roger Spottiswoode
Roger Spottiswoode is a British-Canadian film director and editor known for directing a range of Hollywood features, including the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
-
C.
Lee M. Russell
Lee M. Russell was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Mississippi in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Christopher Landon
Christopher Landon is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on the "Paranormal Activity" series and the "Happy Death Day" films.
-
E.
Abby Mann
Abby Mann was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his socially conscious dramas, including the Academy Award–winning screenplay for "Judgment at Nuremberg."
- 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_69d6aa83d1448190a66d93c32394d21f |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7513695ac8190b5812e977a422c37 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e344249f648190b541c7fad7a834f5 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3556ad7ec819095b3babc67ecdfd4 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e358f860f08190bfd10519ff3806aa |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:20 p.m.