Triple

T13791424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Steve Harvey Show E331406 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Merlin Santana
Merlin Santana was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles in the 1990s, particularly in popular sitcoms.
E1061183 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: Merlin Santana | Statement: [The Steve Harvey Show, starring, Merlin Santana]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merlin Santana
Context triple: [The Steve Harvey Show, starring, Merlin Santana]
  • A. Andy Montañez
    Andy Montañez is a renowned Puerto Rican salsa singer and former lead vocalist of El Gran Combo, celebrated for his influential decades-long career in Latin music.
  • B. Jaime Gomez
    Jaime Gomez is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in films and television series, including the submarine thriller "Crimson Tide."
  • C. Santiago Alvarez
    Santiago Alvarez was a Filipino revolutionary leader and general who played a prominent role in the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule.
  • D. Daniel Magone
    Daniel Magone was a 19th-century American lawyer and Democratic politician who served in prominent federal patronage roles, including overseeing customs operations at the Port of New York.
  • E. Mark Vicente
    Mark Vicente is a cinematographer and filmmaker best known for his work on the documentary "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" and his involvement in the NXIVM organization.
  • 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: Merlin Santana
Triple: [The Steve Harvey Show, starring, Merlin Santana]
Generated description
Merlin Santana was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles in the 1990s, particularly in popular sitcoms.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merlin Santana
Target entity description: Merlin Santana was an American actor best known for his comedic television roles in the 1990s, particularly in popular sitcoms.
  • A. Andy Montañez
    Andy Montañez is a renowned Puerto Rican salsa singer and former lead vocalist of El Gran Combo, celebrated for his influential decades-long career in Latin music.
  • B. Jaime Gomez
    Jaime Gomez is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in films and television series, including the submarine thriller "Crimson Tide."
  • C. Santiago Alvarez
    Santiago Alvarez was a Filipino revolutionary leader and general who played a prominent role in the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule.
  • D. Daniel Magone
    Daniel Magone was a 19th-century American lawyer and Democratic politician who served in prominent federal patronage roles, including overseeing customs operations at the Port of New York.
  • E. Mark Vicente
    Mark Vicente is a cinematographer and filmmaker best known for his work on the documentary "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" and his involvement in the NXIVM organization.
  • 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_69d81c58feb08190a77bca8bf7d6d20f completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0258a1408190a837d17c6d6a2bd4 completed April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b0817bd88190a46e539f2ff24d83 completed May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b14fe1cc8190b1a5f6f0e80b7e39 completed May 3, 2026, 8:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7b20f67048190a641527353e3ff43 completed May 3, 2026, 8:37 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.