Triple

T3023276
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Newman E82513 entity
Predicate hasFictionalBearer P7927 FINISHED
Object Newman (Seinfeld character)
Newman is a scheming, melodramatic postal worker and Jerry Seinfeld’s comically antagonistic neighbor on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
 E320878 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: Newman (Seinfeld character) | Statement: [Newman, hasFictionalBearer, Newman (Seinfeld character)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Newman (Seinfeld character)
Context triple: [Newman, hasFictionalBearer, Newman (Seinfeld character)]
  • A. Jerry Before Seinfeld
    Jerry Before Seinfeld is a stand-up comedy special in which Jerry Seinfeld revisits his early career, performing classic material and reflecting on his beginnings in comedy.
  • B. David Puddy
    David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
  • C. Staten Island Chuck
    Staten Island Chuck is the groundhog at the Staten Island Zoo known for making annual Groundhog Day weather predictions in New York City.
  • D. Glenn Quagmire
    Glenn Quagmire is a hypersexual, fast-talking airline pilot and neighbor of the Griffin family on the animated television series "Family Guy."
  • E. Sammy Jankis
    Sammy Jankis is a pivotal, memory-impaired character from the film "Memento," whose tragic condition mirrors and foreshadows the protagonist’s own struggles.
  • 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: Newman (Seinfeld character)
Triple: [Newman, hasFictionalBearer, Newman (Seinfeld character)]
Generated description
Newman is a scheming, melodramatic postal worker and Jerry Seinfeld’s comically antagonistic neighbor on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Newman (Seinfeld character)
Target entity description: Newman is a scheming, melodramatic postal worker and Jerry Seinfeld’s comically antagonistic neighbor on the sitcom "Seinfeld."
  • A. Jerry Before Seinfeld
    Jerry Before Seinfeld is a stand-up comedy special in which Jerry Seinfeld revisits his early career, performing classic material and reflecting on his beginnings in comedy.
  • B. David Puddy
    David Puddy is a deadpan, dim-witted auto mechanic and Elaine Benes’s on-again, off-again boyfriend on the sitcom "Seinfeld," known for his monotone delivery and quirky obsessions.
  • C. Staten Island Chuck
    Staten Island Chuck is the groundhog at the Staten Island Zoo known for making annual Groundhog Day weather predictions in New York City.
  • D. Glenn Quagmire
    Glenn Quagmire is a hypersexual, fast-talking airline pilot and neighbor of the Griffin family on the animated television series "Family Guy."
  • E. Sammy Jankis
    Sammy Jankis is a pivotal, memory-impaired character from the film "Memento," whose tragic condition mirrors and foreshadows the protagonist’s own struggles.
  • 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9ab8e0a48190ac79e674abd181cf completed March 8, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1deafdcb881908174331d5bfc6349 completed March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1df36fc448190856cda08f83feded completed March 11, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1dfae6bb48190828820eae70e2f84 completed March 11, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.