Triple

T9217345
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Hopper E221273 entity
Predicate portrayedCharacterInWork P54972 FINISHED
Object Paul Drake in Perry Mason
Paul Drake in Perry Mason is the resourceful private investigator who frequently assists defense attorney Perry Mason in solving complex criminal cases.
E785978 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: Paul Drake in Perry Mason | Statement: [William Hopper, portrayedCharacterInWork, Paul Drake in Perry Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Drake in Perry Mason
Context triple: [William Hopper, portrayedCharacterInWork, Paul Drake in Perry Mason]
  • A. LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
    LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
  • B. Perry Mason
    Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney, created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, who became widely known through a long-running American television series centered on his courtroom investigations and dramatic legal victories.
  • C. Richard Diamond, Private Detective
    Richard Diamond, Private Detective is a popular mid-20th-century American radio (and later television) detective series featuring the wisecracking, singing private eye Richard Diamond, originally portrayed by Dick Powell.
  • D. Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in Perry Mason
    Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in Perry Mason is the sharp but fair homicide detective who frequently clashes with defense attorney Perry Mason while investigating the series’ central murder cases.
  • E. Jack Crawford
    Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
  • 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: Paul Drake in Perry Mason
Triple: [William Hopper, portrayedCharacterInWork, Paul Drake in Perry Mason]
Generated description
Paul Drake in Perry Mason is the resourceful private investigator who frequently assists defense attorney Perry Mason in solving complex criminal cases.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paul Drake in Perry Mason
Target entity description: Paul Drake in Perry Mason is the resourceful private investigator who frequently assists defense attorney Perry Mason in solving complex criminal cases.
  • A. LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
    LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
  • B. Perry Mason
    Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney, created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, who became widely known through a long-running American television series centered on his courtroom investigations and dramatic legal victories.
  • C. Richard Diamond, Private Detective
    Richard Diamond, Private Detective is a popular mid-20th-century American radio (and later television) detective series featuring the wisecracking, singing private eye Richard Diamond, originally portrayed by Dick Powell.
  • D. Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in Perry Mason
    Lieutenant Arthur Tragg in Perry Mason is the sharp but fair homicide detective who frequently clashes with defense attorney Perry Mason while investigating the series’ central murder cases.
  • E. Jack Crawford
    Jack Crawford is a seasoned FBI agent and head of the Behavioral Science Unit who mentors Clarice Starling in Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations.
  • 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_69ca83eae42c8190a0ea9e040710a277 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccda0ae3d081908ff3f5dab52df5ae completed April 1, 2026, 8:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0662427dc81908cb9bfacc5b9e0f5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0697b506c8190b14acbec1266f4bc completed April 4, 2026, 1:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d06a01520081908f697cf285c88c00 completed April 4, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:27 p.m.