Triple

T20440397
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chris Bauer E501371 entity
Predicate playedCharacter P1507 FINISHED
Object Frank Sobotka
Frank Sobotka is a fictional Baltimore longshoremen's union leader and central figure in the second season of the television series "The Wire," known for his efforts to revive the docks through increasingly desperate and illegal means.
 E1430781 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: Frank Sobotka | Statement: [Chris Bauer, playedCharacter, Frank Sobotka]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank Sobotka
Context triple: [Chris Bauer, playedCharacter, Frank Sobotka]
  • A. John A. Blatnik
    John A. Blatnik was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Minnesota known for his work on public works and transportation infrastructure.
  • B. W. Dominick Benes
    W. Dominick Benes was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the Cleveland-based architectural firm Hubbell & Benes, which designed numerous prominent early 20th-century buildings.
  • C. Claude Stanush
    Claude Stanush was an American writer and journalist known for his work chronicling Texas history and culture, including co-writing the screenplay for the film "The Newton Boys."
  • D. John A. Nejedly
    John A. Nejedly was a California state senator and influential Contra Costa County public servant known for his work on environmental protection and regional infrastructure.
  • E. John J. Niesz
    John J. Niesz is an American educational administrator who serves as the superintendent of the Bayonne School District in New Jersey.
  • 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: Frank Sobotka
Triple: [Chris Bauer, playedCharacter, Frank Sobotka]
Generated description
Frank Sobotka is a fictional Baltimore longshoremen's union leader and central figure in the second season of the television series "The Wire," known for his efforts to revive the docks through increasingly desperate and illegal means.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Frank Sobotka
Target entity description: Frank Sobotka is a fictional Baltimore longshoremen's union leader and central figure in the second season of the television series "The Wire," known for his efforts to revive the docks through increasingly desperate and illegal means.
  • A. John A. Blatnik
    John A. Blatnik was a long-serving U.S. Congressman from Minnesota known for his work on public works and transportation infrastructure.
  • B. W. Dominick Benes
    W. Dominick Benes was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the Cleveland-based architectural firm Hubbell & Benes, which designed numerous prominent early 20th-century buildings.
  • C. Claude Stanush
    Claude Stanush was an American writer and journalist known for his work chronicling Texas history and culture, including co-writing the screenplay for the film "The Newton Boys."
  • D. John A. Nejedly
    John A. Nejedly was a California state senator and influential Contra Costa County public servant known for his work on environmental protection and regional infrastructure.
  • E. John J. Niesz
    John J. Niesz is an American educational administrator who serves as the superintendent of the Bayonne School District in New Jersey.
  • 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_69e0b4ab3cfc8190ac9bf32e932316b1 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e685f20fe08190b9370b523a20153d completed April 20, 2026, 8 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0883fd1af88190a34aef615ec3a23e completed May 16, 2026, 2:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0884d316148190b1fe155fc2dfbb7b completed May 16, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a088565cbcc81909b4bbc286d272ef6 completed May 16, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:31 a.m.