Triple

T13952586
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Merrick E335567 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object David Lee Margulois
David Lee Margulois, better known as David Merrick, was a prominent and prolific American theatrical producer famed for his successful and often sensational Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
E1142981 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: David Lee Margulois | Statement: [David Merrick, birthName, David Lee Margulois]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Lee Margulois
Context triple: [David Merrick, birthName, David Lee Margulois]
  • A. Mark Margolis
    Mark Margolis was an American character actor best known for his intense, often menacing roles in film and television, including his acclaimed portrayal of Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
  • B. William Margulies
    William Margulies was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television productions.
  • C. Daniel Melnick
    Daniel Melnick was an American film and television producer known for overseeing influential movies such as “Network,” “All That Jazz,” and “Altered States.”
  • D. Brandon Margolis
    Brandon Margolis is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the crime drama series L.A.'s Finest.
  • E. Samuel Hirsch Margulies
    Samuel Hirsch Margulies was a prominent German-Italian rabbi and scholar known for his leadership of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau and his influence on modern Jewish thought in Central Europe.
  • 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: David Lee Margulois
Triple: [David Merrick, birthName, David Lee Margulois]
Generated description
David Lee Margulois, better known as David Merrick, was a prominent and prolific American theatrical producer famed for his successful and often sensational Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Lee Margulois
Target entity description: David Lee Margulois, better known as David Merrick, was a prominent and prolific American theatrical producer famed for his successful and often sensational Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Mark Margolis
    Mark Margolis was an American character actor best known for his intense, often menacing roles in film and television, including his acclaimed portrayal of Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
  • B. William Margulies
    William Margulies was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television productions.
  • C. Daniel Melnick
    Daniel Melnick was an American film and television producer known for overseeing influential movies such as “Network,” “All That Jazz,” and “Altered States.”
  • D. Brandon Margolis
    Brandon Margolis is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the crime drama series L.A.'s Finest.
  • E. Samuel Hirsch Margulies
    Samuel Hirsch Margulies was a prominent German-Italian rabbi and scholar known for his leadership of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau and his influence on modern Jewish thought in Central Europe.
  • 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_69d81c6081b88190b53e317c3370c8fe completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e146720819085d0f5eae558b7a4 completed April 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fed314bb9481908144c5399aa62ffa completed May 9, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fed47c88d08190a4396b955c9bb388 completed May 9, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fed50956408190b1426d578803974e completed May 9, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.