Triple

T15577236
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Four Brothers E374399 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Jack Mercer
Jack Mercer is a tough, streetwise adopted brother in the crime drama film "Four Brothers," known for his fiercely loyal and impulsive nature.
 E1165800 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: Jack Mercer | Statement: [Four Brothers, mainCharacter, Jack Mercer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Mercer
Context triple: [Four Brothers, mainCharacter, Jack Mercer]
  • A. Cal Massey
    Cal Massey was an American jazz trumpeter and composer known for his politically charged, socially conscious works and collaborations with leading avant-garde jazz musicians of the 1960s.
  • B. Bob Merrill
    Bob Merrill was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards was an American singer, musician, and voice actor best known for voicing Jiminy Cricket in Disney's "Pinocchio."
  • D. Cliff Hayes
    Cliff Hayes is a film editor best known for his work on the influential Australian action film "Mad Max."
  • E. John Cullum
    John Cullum is an American actor and singer best known for his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway and his roles in film and television, including the series "Northern Exposure."
  • 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: Jack Mercer
Triple: [Four Brothers, mainCharacter, Jack Mercer]
Generated description
Jack Mercer is a tough, streetwise adopted brother in the crime drama film "Four Brothers," known for his fiercely loyal and impulsive nature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jack Mercer
Target entity description: Jack Mercer is a tough, streetwise adopted brother in the crime drama film "Four Brothers," known for his fiercely loyal and impulsive nature.
  • A. Cal Massey
    Cal Massey was an American jazz trumpeter and composer known for his politically charged, socially conscious works and collaborations with leading avant-garde jazz musicians of the 1960s.
  • B. Bob Merrill
    Bob Merrill was an American songwriter and lyricist best known for his work on Broadway musicals and popular songs in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards was an American singer, musician, and voice actor best known for voicing Jiminy Cricket in Disney's "Pinocchio."
  • D. Cliff Hayes
    Cliff Hayes is a film editor best known for his work on the influential Australian action film "Mad Max."
  • E. John Cullum
    John Cullum is an American actor and singer best known for his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway and his roles in film and television, including the series "Northern Exposure."
  • 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_69d85ccd575081908909b71a3f3e3a61 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e22c89081909b1ec0cd36a1ef45 completed April 16, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff4c4b3a8881909d41204a0b243461 completed May 9, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff50ad13b88190adb51231ea967889 completed May 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff512549088190880a57fcf66914a8 completed May 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:11 a.m.