Triple
T21652628
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Banacek |
E534375
|
entity |
| Predicate | mainCharacter |
P1183
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Banacek
Thomas Banacek is a suave, wisecracking Polish-American freelance insurance investigator from the 1970s television series "Banacek," known for solving seemingly impossible thefts.
|
E1495441
|
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: Thomas Banacek | Statement: [Banacek, mainCharacter, Thomas Banacek]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Banacek Context triple: [Banacek, mainCharacter, Thomas Banacek]
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A.
Lester Crawford
Lester Crawford was the husband of American stage and film actress Helen Broderick.
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B.
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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C.
John Ambler
John Ambler was a British businessman best known as the husband of Princess Margaretha of Sweden, linking him to the Swedish royal family.
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D.
Alfred Fisk
Alfred Fisk was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian best known for co-founding and leading the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, one of the first interracial, interfaith congregations in the United States.
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E.
Melvin Frohike
Melvin Frohike is a conspiracy-obsessed, tech-savvy hacker and member of the Lone Gunmen trio from The X-Files universe.
- 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: Thomas Banacek Triple: [Banacek, mainCharacter, Thomas Banacek]
Generated description
Thomas Banacek is a suave, wisecracking Polish-American freelance insurance investigator from the 1970s television series "Banacek," known for solving seemingly impossible thefts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Banacek Target entity description: Thomas Banacek is a suave, wisecracking Polish-American freelance insurance investigator from the 1970s television series "Banacek," known for solving seemingly impossible thefts.
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A.
Lester Crawford
Lester Crawford was the husband of American stage and film actress Helen Broderick.
-
B.
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
-
C.
John Ambler
John Ambler was a British businessman best known as the husband of Princess Margaretha of Sweden, linking him to the Swedish royal family.
-
D.
Alfred Fisk
Alfred Fisk was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian best known for co-founding and leading the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, one of the first interracial, interfaith congregations in the United States.
-
E.
Melvin Frohike
Melvin Frohike is a conspiracy-obsessed, tech-savvy hacker and member of the Lone Gunmen trio from The X-Files universe.
- 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_69e0c466aec88190ba39c7543dbc8ba2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef591594a08190bf0ddd0a0c0922ba |
completed | April 27, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a15960e348190b944ee34d80cd8a8 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a16c278188190855335930666cede |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a17a2c81481908e229ea58e61843e |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:36 p.m.