Triple

T10183141
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert K. Merton E236835 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Suzanne Carhart Merton
Suzanne Carhart Merton was the wife of influential American sociologist Robert K. Merton and a partner in his personal and intellectual life.
 E896132 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: Suzanne Carhart Merton | Statement: [Robert K. Merton, spouse, Suzanne Carhart Merton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Suzanne Carhart Merton
Context triple: [Robert K. Merton, spouse, Suzanne Carhart Merton]
  • A. Joan E. Chapman
    Joan E. Chapman is a film editor known for her work on the action movie "First Blood."
  • B. Margaret C. Etter
    Margaret C. Etter was an influential American chemist and crystallographer known for pioneering work in hydrogen bonding and crystal engineering.
  • C. Mary Patricia Plangman
    Mary Patricia Plangman is the birth name of Patricia Highsmith, the acclaimed American novelist best known for her psychological thrillers and the Tom Ripley series.
  • D. Susan A. Houghton
    Susan A. Houghton was the wife of American inventor Elisha Otis, known for his development of the safety elevator.
  • E. Margaret Rudkin
    Margaret Rudkin was an American businesswoman and food industry pioneer best known for building Pepperidge Farm from a home baking venture into a major commercial bakery brand.
  • 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: Suzanne Carhart Merton
Triple: [Robert K. Merton, spouse, Suzanne Carhart Merton]
Generated description
Suzanne Carhart Merton was the wife of influential American sociologist Robert K. Merton and a partner in his personal and intellectual life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Suzanne Carhart Merton
Target entity description: Suzanne Carhart Merton was the wife of influential American sociologist Robert K. Merton and a partner in his personal and intellectual life.
  • A. Joan E. Chapman
    Joan E. Chapman is a film editor known for her work on the action movie "First Blood."
  • B. Margaret C. Etter
    Margaret C. Etter was an influential American chemist and crystallographer known for pioneering work in hydrogen bonding and crystal engineering.
  • C. Mary Patricia Plangman
    Mary Patricia Plangman is the birth name of Patricia Highsmith, the acclaimed American novelist best known for her psychological thrillers and the Tom Ripley series.
  • D. Susan A. Houghton
    Susan A. Houghton was the wife of American inventor Elisha Otis, known for his development of the safety elevator.
  • E. Margaret Rudkin
    Margaret Rudkin was an American businesswoman and food industry pioneer best known for building Pepperidge Farm from a home baking venture into a major commercial bakery brand.
  • 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_69ca84d7260c8190bfbec36762943f37 completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cded3408b88190a7d981a6dcea48d9 completed April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e2d62cce008190ae269bbd289625a0 completed April 18, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e2fab58f588190ae2d33f32e71333b completed April 18, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e317809c0881909e793db965194014 completed April 18, 2026, 5:32 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:12 p.m.