Triple

T15566797
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merlin (TV series) E371136 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Gaius
Gaius is the wise and loyal court physician of Camelot who serves as Merlin’s mentor and father figure in the TV series "Merlin."
 E1167814 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: Gaius | Statement: [Merlin (TV series), mainCharacter, Gaius]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gaius
Context triple: [Merlin (TV series), mainCharacter, Gaius]
  • A. Gaius
    Gaius is an early Christian believer and church member addressed personally and commended by the Apostle John in the New Testament.
  • B. Gaius
    Gaius was a prominent 2nd-century Roman jurist whose legal writings, especially his Institutes, significantly shaped later Roman and European legal traditions.
  • C. Gaius
    Gaius is the praenomen (personal name) of the Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate known as Pliny the Younger.
  • D. Gaius
    Gaius is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently borne by notable figures of the Roman Republic and Empire.
  • E. Caius
    Caius is one of the three ancient vampire rulers of the Volturi coven in the Twilight series, known for his cruelty and strict enforcement of vampire law.
  • 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: Gaius
Triple: [Merlin (TV series), mainCharacter, Gaius]
Generated description
Gaius is the wise and loyal court physician of Camelot who serves as Merlin’s mentor and father figure in the TV series "Merlin."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gaius
Target entity description: Gaius is the wise and loyal court physician of Camelot who serves as Merlin’s mentor and father figure in the TV series "Merlin."
  • A. Gaius
    Gaius was a prominent 2nd-century Roman jurist whose legal writings, especially his Institutes, significantly shaped later Roman and European legal traditions.
  • B. Gaius
    Gaius is an early Christian believer and church member addressed personally and commended by the Apostle John in the New Testament.
  • C. Gaius
    Gaius is the praenomen (personal name) of the Roman lawyer, author, and magistrate known as Pliny the Younger.
  • D. Gaius
    Gaius is a common Roman praenomen (given name) frequently borne by notable figures of the Roman Republic and Empire.
  • E. Caius
    Caius is one of the three ancient vampire rulers of the Volturi coven in the Twilight series, known for his cruelty and strict enforcement of vampire law.
  • 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_69d85cc6cf40819091f4a5facee1ebe6 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04dde90b081908284d9258d4462e3 completed April 16, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff5f30e48881908b30a71796fe0d72 completed May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff605d94308190bccbfb4588f337e1 completed May 9, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff612340748190987e567e43460f62 completed May 9, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:10 a.m.