Triple

T11171069
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Homicide: Life on the Street E264273 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Laura Ballard
Laura Ballard is a fictional homicide detective on the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street," known for her sharp investigative skills and complex personal storylines.
E912271 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: Laura Ballard | Statement: [Homicide: Life on the Street, hasMainCharacter, Laura Ballard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laura Ballard
Context triple: [Homicide: Life on the Street, hasMainCharacter, Laura Ballard]
  • A. Laura Bickford
    Laura Bickford is an American film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent and studio films, including the Oscar-winning drama "Traffic."
  • B. Laura Rister
    Laura Rister is a film producer and executive known for her work on independent and prestige projects, including the financial thriller "Margin Call."
  • C. Laura Merriman
    Laura Merriman is known as the spouse of Dwight Merriman, the co-founder and former CEO of DoubleClick and co-founder of MongoDB.
  • D. Jane Loring
    Jane Loring was a film editor known for her work in early 20th-century American cinema.
  • E. Kaye Ballard
    Kaye Ballard was an American comic actress and singer known for her work on stage, television, and in musical comedy from the 1950s onward.
  • 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: Laura Ballard
Triple: [Homicide: Life on the Street, hasMainCharacter, Laura Ballard]
Generated description
Laura Ballard is a fictional homicide detective on the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street," known for her sharp investigative skills and complex personal storylines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laura Ballard
Target entity description: Laura Ballard is a fictional homicide detective on the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street," known for her sharp investigative skills and complex personal storylines.
  • A. Laura Bickford
    Laura Bickford is an American film producer best known for her work on acclaimed independent and studio films, including the Oscar-winning drama "Traffic."
  • B. Laura Rister
    Laura Rister is a film producer and executive known for her work on independent and prestige projects, including the financial thriller "Margin Call."
  • C. Laura Merriman
    Laura Merriman is known as the spouse of Dwight Merriman, the co-founder and former CEO of DoubleClick and co-founder of MongoDB.
  • D. Jane Loring
    Jane Loring was a film editor known for her work in early 20th-century American cinema.
  • E. Kaye Ballard
    Kaye Ballard was an American comic actress and singer known for her work on stage, television, and in musical comedy from the 1950s onward.
  • 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_69d6aa9dafac8190bd90d2c74f661aa7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e89660208190b1d9e91529f5d246 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4aced563c8190a56ab5ff0618d21f completed April 19, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4afa531e0819097587675198bb8a1 completed April 19, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4b1f68c8c819096d58ac02d76ec0d completed April 19, 2026, 10:44 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:29 p.m.