Triple
T1737439
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Big Bang Theory |
E37950
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howard Wolowitz
Howard Wolowitz is a quirky, aerospace engineer and astronaut known for his flamboyant fashion sense and overconfident personality on the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
|
E193352
|
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: Howard Wolowitz | Statement: [The Big Bang Theory, mainCharacter, Howard Wolowitz]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Wolowitz Context triple: [The Big Bang Theory, mainCharacter, Howard Wolowitz]
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A.
Michael Bluth
Michael Bluth is the responsible, level-headed son who struggles to keep his wildly dysfunctional family and their failing real estate business together in the sitcom "Arrested Development."
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B.
Sheldon
Sheldon is a masculine given name most notably associated with American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
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C.
Stewie Griffin
Stewie Griffin is a diabolically intelligent, British-accented infant from the animated TV series "Family Guy," known for his advanced vocabulary, world-domination schemes, and dark humor.
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D.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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E.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is a fictional, fastidious and neurotic neat-freak character best known as one of the mismatched roommates in Neil Simon’s play and subsequent adaptations of "The Odd Couple."
- 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: Howard Wolowitz Triple: [The Big Bang Theory, mainCharacter, Howard Wolowitz]
Generated description
Howard Wolowitz is a quirky, aerospace engineer and astronaut known for his flamboyant fashion sense and overconfident personality on the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Wolowitz Target entity description: Howard Wolowitz is a quirky, aerospace engineer and astronaut known for his flamboyant fashion sense and overconfident personality on the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
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A.
Michael Bluth
Michael Bluth is the responsible, level-headed son who struggles to keep his wildly dysfunctional family and their failing real estate business together in the sitcom "Arrested Development."
-
B.
Sheldon
Sheldon is a masculine given name most notably associated with American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
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C.
Stewie Griffin
Stewie Griffin is a diabolically intelligent, British-accented infant from the animated TV series "Family Guy," known for his advanced vocabulary, world-domination schemes, and dark humor.
-
D.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is an Austrian cardiac surgeon and academic known for co-founding and leading the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
-
E.
Felix Unger
Felix Unger is a fictional, fastidious and neurotic neat-freak character best known as one of the mismatched roommates in Neil Simon’s play and subsequent adaptations of "The Odd Couple."
- 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa63a47cd481909c211e4da7f5dfe9 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad8b03303c8190a301dca327bf9f47 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad957e9a6c81909d52bf2def797526 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad97b6c03881909f278594e800c0f5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.