Triple

T10107718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercer E216363 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object James Mercer (politician)
James Mercer (politician) was an 18th-century American lawyer, judge, and Virginia statesman who served in the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
 E842033 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: James Mercer (politician) | Statement: [Mercer, hasNotableBearer, James Mercer (politician)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Mercer (politician)
Context triple: [Mercer, hasNotableBearer, James Mercer (politician)]
  • A. William Molineux
    William Molineux was a prominent Boston merchant and radical patriot leader who played a key organizing role in pre-Revolutionary protests against British authority.
  • B. James Pugh
    James Pugh is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Pugh.
  • C. James M. Morrissey
    James M. Morrissey was a prominent Boston political figure and public servant commemorated by having Morrissey Boulevard named in his honor.
  • D. Philip Cunningham
    Philip Cunningham is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
  • E. William Mullen
    William Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, sports, and academia.
  • 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: James Mercer (politician)
Triple: [Mercer, hasNotableBearer, James Mercer (politician)]
Generated description
James Mercer (politician) was an 18th-century American lawyer, judge, and Virginia statesman who served in the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James Mercer (politician)
Target entity description: James Mercer (politician) was an 18th-century American lawyer, judge, and Virginia statesman who served in the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • A. William Molineux
    William Molineux was a prominent Boston merchant and radical patriot leader who played a key organizing role in pre-Revolutionary protests against British authority.
  • B. James Pugh
    James Pugh is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Pugh.
  • C. James M. Morrissey
    James M. Morrissey was a prominent Boston political figure and public servant commemorated by having Morrissey Boulevard named in his honor.
  • D. Philip Cunningham
    Philip Cunningham is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, academia, and the arts.
  • E. William Mullen
    William Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, sports, and academia.
  • 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_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd0ca7f7c8190ba7ed37940aa933d completed April 2, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cc0f48808190855a7f8e839ccdae completed April 5, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cd8d611c81909085b3290eb54d16 completed April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce686da48190b32a2053b94f1d48 completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:03 p.m.