Triple
T11318988
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard E. Rollins Jr. |
E268041
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | In the Heat of the Night (TV series) |
E882064
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: In the Heat of the Night (TV series) | Statement: [Howard E. Rollins Jr., notableWork, In the Heat of the Night (TV series)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Heat of the Night (TV series) Context triple: [Howard E. Rollins Jr., notableWork, In the Heat of the Night (TV series)]
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A.
In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
chosen
In the Heat of the Night is an American television drama series, based on the 1967 film and novel of the same name, that follows a small-town police department confronting crime and racial tensions in the Deep South.
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B.
In the Heat of the Night (novel)
"In the Heat of the Night" is a 1965 crime novel by John Ball that introduces Black police detective Virgil Tibbs as he investigates a racially charged murder in a small Southern town.
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C.
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 American crime drama film starring Sidney Poitier as a Black detective investigating a murder in a racially tense Southern town, noted for its powerful exploration of racism and social justice.
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D.
In the Heat of the Night
"In the Heat of the Night" is the 1979 debut studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, featuring her breakthrough hit "Heartbreaker" and establishing her as a major figure in rock music.
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E.
That Evening Sun
"That Evening Sun" is a short story by William Faulkner, noted for its exploration of racial tensions and fear in the American South through the perspective of a child narrator.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aaca5c24819083db46a30d86cb34 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9de875481908acfa56015d4b46f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e525d3160c8190b58c5c04a66b3e3e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.