Triple

T16049356
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merritt Butrick E389311 entity
Predicate characterPortrayed P1507 FINISHED
Object David Marcus
David Marcus is a character in the Star Trek franchise, best known as the son of Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Carol Marcus.
E1191311 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 Marcus | Statement: [Merritt Butrick, characterPortrayed, David Marcus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Marcus
Context triple: [Merritt Butrick, characterPortrayed, David Marcus]
  • A. David Daniel Marcus
    David Daniel Marcus, better known as Mickey Marcus, was a U.S. Army colonel and key military advisor who became Israel’s first modern general and played a pivotal role in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • B. Andrew Marcus
    Andrew Marcus is a literary editor known for preparing an edition of E. M. Forster’s novel "Howards End."
  • C. Andrew Marcus
    Andrew Marcus is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on the political documentary "2016: Obama's America" and other conservative-leaning media projects.
  • D. Andrew Marcus
    Andrew Marcus is a film editor best known for his work on major feature films, including Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing."
  • E. Christian Stovitz
    Christian Stovitz is a stylish, charming new student and love interest in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," known for his retro fashion sense and eventual revelation as gay.
  • 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 Marcus
Triple: [Merritt Butrick, characterPortrayed, David Marcus]
Generated description
David Marcus is a character in the Star Trek franchise, best known as the son of Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Carol Marcus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Marcus
Target entity description: David Marcus is a character in the Star Trek franchise, best known as the son of Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Carol Marcus.
  • A. David Daniel Marcus
    David Daniel Marcus, better known as Mickey Marcus, was a U.S. Army colonel and key military advisor who became Israel’s first modern general and played a pivotal role in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • B. Andrew Marcus
    Andrew Marcus is a literary editor known for preparing an edition of E. M. Forster’s novel "Howards End."
  • C. Andrew Marcus
    Andrew Marcus is a film editor best known for his work on major feature films, including Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing."
  • D. Andrew Marcus
    Andrew Marcus is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on the political documentary "2016: Obama's America" and other conservative-leaning media projects.
  • E. Christian Stovitz
    Christian Stovitz is a stylish, charming new student and love interest in the 1995 teen comedy film "Clueless," known for his retro fashion sense and eventual revelation as gay.
  • 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_69d86dae698881908327ef2d67706cb9 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e18361083c8190abc84534265dc992 completed April 17, 2026, 12:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffdbe095908190ba10399ad6f3b5f8 completed May 10, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffdcdb551c8190b367407b749314e8 completed May 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffddbfaf088190a644e7898f995c1d completed May 10, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.