Triple

T1261338
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Merrill E12507 entity
Predicate name P16 FINISHED
Object John Merrill
John Merrill is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as politics, sports, or academia.
 E150020 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: John Merrill | Statement: [John Merrill, name, John Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Merrill
Context triple: [John Merrill, name, John Merrill]
  • A. John Merrill
    John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • B. Andrew Lesnie
    Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
  • C. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • D. Michael Devine
    Michael Devine was an Irish republican hunger striker and INLA member who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike in Northern Ireland.
  • E. Jeremy Gold
    Jeremy Gold is a television producer and executive known for his work on the AMC Western drama series "Hell on Wheels."
  • 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: John Merrill
Triple: [John Merrill, name, John Merrill]
Generated description
John Merrill is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as politics, sports, or academia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Merrill
Target entity description: John Merrill is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as politics, sports, or academia.
  • A. John Merrill
    John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • B. Andrew Lesnie
    Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
  • C. John Bloom
    John Bloom is a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on movies such as "Gandhi" and his editing contributions to notable films including "Charlie Wilson's War."
  • D. Michael Devine
    Michael Devine was an Irish republican hunger striker and INLA member who died during the 1981 Maze Prison hunger strike in Northern Ireland.
  • E. Jeremy Gold
    Jeremy Gold is a television producer and executive known for his work on the AMC Western drama series "Hell on Wheels."
  • 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bfc64e648190b9c4f980eb8168aa completed March 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acbae1e55c8190a487084e16804e4d completed March 7, 2026, 11:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acbb6b51608190a90f63b6fdd51690 completed March 7, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acbbdbab04819087b42477acbbb5f4 completed March 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.