Triple
T14904773
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Hurt |
E360099
|
entity |
| Predicate | portrayedCharacter |
P1668
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Merrick
John Merrick, better known as Joseph Merrick, was a severely deformed 19th-century Englishman whose life story inspired the film "The Elephant Man."
|
E1126739
|
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 Merrick | Statement: [John Hurt, portrayedCharacter, John Merrick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Merrick Context triple: [John Hurt, portrayedCharacter, John Merrick]
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A.
Sir John Merrick
Sir John Merrick was a 17th-century English parliamentarian and political figure who served on the revolutionary Committee of Safety during the English Civil War.
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B.
Gil Merrick
Gil Merrick was an English footballer and manager best known as Birmingham City’s legendary goalkeeper during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Lionel Logue
Lionel Logue was an Australian speech therapist best known for helping King George VI overcome his stammer, as depicted in the film "The King’s Speech."
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D.
Edmund Robert Harris
Edmund Robert Harris was a 19th-century English lawyer and philanthropist from Preston whose bequests funded major civic institutions, including the Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library.
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E.
Henry Richards
Henry Richards was the husband of American author Laura E. Richards, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
- 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 Merrick Triple: [John Hurt, portrayedCharacter, John Merrick]
Generated description
John Merrick, better known as Joseph Merrick, was a severely deformed 19th-century Englishman whose life story inspired the film "The Elephant Man."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Merrick Target entity description: John Merrick, better known as Joseph Merrick, was a severely deformed 19th-century Englishman whose life story inspired the film "The Elephant Man."
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A.
Sir John Merrick
Sir John Merrick was a 17th-century English parliamentarian and political figure who served on the revolutionary Committee of Safety during the English Civil War.
-
B.
Gil Merrick
Gil Merrick was an English footballer and manager best known as Birmingham City’s legendary goalkeeper during the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Lionel Logue
Lionel Logue was an Australian speech therapist best known for helping King George VI overcome his stammer, as depicted in the film "The King’s Speech."
-
D.
Edmund Robert Harris
Edmund Robert Harris was a 19th-century English lawyer and philanthropist from Preston whose bequests funded major civic institutions, including the Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library.
-
E.
Henry Richards
Henry Richards was the husband of American author Laura E. Richards, known primarily in relation to her life and work.
- 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded60cd5588190b1efecc2b220da69 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe72b4e4f88190af7e859d93dbbd28 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe7360c11481908e2e5127b466e31b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe743c37308190a045ef5f0ade8508 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:12 a.m.