Triple
T11694223
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Niven as David Merlin |
E277949
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merlin and Son department store |
E939623
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Merlin and Son department store | Statement: [David Niven as David Merlin, employer, Merlin and Son department store]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merlin and Son department store Context triple: [David Niven as David Merlin, employer, Merlin and Son department store]
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A.
Merlin and Son Department Store
chosen
Merlin and Son Department Store is a retail business associated with the employment of David Merlin.
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B.
Winfred-Louder department store
Winfred-Louder department store is the fictional Cleveland-based retail workplace featured as the primary setting in the sitcom "The Drew Carey Show."
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C.
House of Fraser department store
House of Fraser department store is a major British retail chain known for its large multi-brand department stores offering fashion, beauty, and homeware.
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D.
Lumine department store
Lumine department store is a popular Japanese shopping complex chain known for its fashion, lifestyle, and dining offerings, particularly around major train hubs like Shinjuku.
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E.
Windsor Royal Shopping
Windsor Royal Shopping is a retail and leisure complex in Windsor, England, housed partly within the historic former Windsor & Eton Central railway station.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aafe02d881909900d54ad7d4af84 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d8a47b9eb48190976a35e91e25b56b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f01943196c8190900b46da238e1f24 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.