Triple
T5590958
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Thin Man |
E146874
|
entity |
| Predicate | characterRole |
P268
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Nick Charles is a retired private detective
Nick Charles is the witty, hard-drinking sleuth at the center of Dashiell Hammett’s "The Thin Man," known for solving mysteries alongside his glamorous wife, Nora.
|
E530004
|
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: Nick Charles is a retired private detective | Statement: [The Thin Man, characterRole, Nick Charles is a retired private detective]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Charles is a retired private detective Context triple: [The Thin Man, characterRole, Nick Charles is a retired private detective]
-
A.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
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B.
Larry Needlemeyer
Larry Needlemeyer is a recurring character in the animated series "The Amazing World of Gumball," known as the overworked, multi-job-holding employee who appears in nearly every service role around Elmore.
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C.
Detective James Carter
Detective James Carter is the fast-talking, wisecracking Los Angeles police detective portrayed by Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour action-comedy film series.
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D.
Thackery Binx
Thackery Binx is a bewitched 17th-century boy cursed to live forever as a talking black cat in the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus."
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E.
Detective David Mills
Detective David Mills is a young, impulsive homicide detective in the film "Se7en" who partners with a seasoned veteran to hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.
- 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: Nick Charles is a retired private detective Triple: [The Thin Man, characterRole, Nick Charles is a retired private detective]
Generated description
Nick Charles is the witty, hard-drinking sleuth at the center of Dashiell Hammett’s "The Thin Man," known for solving mysteries alongside his glamorous wife, Nora.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nick Charles is a retired private detective Target entity description: Nick Charles is the witty, hard-drinking sleuth at the center of Dashiell Hammett’s "The Thin Man," known for solving mysteries alongside his glamorous wife, Nora.
-
A.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
-
B.
Larry Needlemeyer
Larry Needlemeyer is a recurring character in the animated series "The Amazing World of Gumball," known as the overworked, multi-job-holding employee who appears in nearly every service role around Elmore.
-
C.
Detective James Carter
Detective James Carter is the fast-talking, wisecracking Los Angeles police detective portrayed by Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour action-comedy film series.
-
D.
Thackery Binx
Thackery Binx is a bewitched 17th-century boy cursed to live forever as a talking black cat in the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus."
-
E.
Detective David Mills
Detective David Mills is a young, impulsive homicide detective in the film "Se7en" who partners with a seasoned veteran to hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.
- 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_69c009036c408190981a8d690b679b67 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c020a1d4cc8190a52264dfba6aa011 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0286852148190ad4975fe746d7001 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c03cd1650c8190b4673c479e151cf3 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c03d6839dc8190ae05e661c4844211 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.