Triple
T11318994
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard E. Rollins Jr. |
E268041
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayed |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (TV series) |
E257315
|
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: Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (TV series) | Statement: [Howard E. Rollins Jr., portrayed, Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (TV series)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (TV series) Context triple: [Howard E. Rollins Jr., portrayed, Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night (TV series)]
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A.
Virgil Tibbs
chosen
Virgil Tibbs is a skilled and composed Black homicide detective who famously investigates a murder in a racially tense Southern town in the film "In the Heat of the Night."
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B.
Thomas Banacek in "Banacek"
Thomas Banacek is a suave, wisecracking Polish-American freelance insurance investigator known for solving seemingly impossible thefts in the 1970s TV series "Banacek."
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C.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television crime drama series set in San Francisco, starring Don Johnson as a charismatic police inspector.
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D.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
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E.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
- 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.