Triple
T1616793
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shannon Rubicam |
E34735
|
entity |
| Predicate | maritalStatusWith |
P5173
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Merrill (divorced)
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known as one half of the duo Boy Meets Girl, co-writing Whitney Houston hits like "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
|
E182855
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: George Merrill (divorced) | Statement: [Shannon Rubicam, maritalStatusWith, George Merrill (divorced)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Merrill (divorced) Context triple: [Shannon Rubicam, maritalStatusWith, George Merrill (divorced)]
-
A.
Susan Brown (divorced)
Susan Brown is the former wife of American businessman and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
-
B.
Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
-
C.
Julia Bingham (divorced)
Julia Bingham is the former wife of American screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin.
-
D.
Melinda Rogers
Melinda Rogers is a Canadian business executive and member of the Rogers family, known for her leadership roles within Rogers Communications.
-
E.
Tully Friedman
Tully Friedman is an American financier and private equity investor best known as the co-founder of the investment firm Hellman & Friedman.
- 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: George Merrill (divorced) Triple: [Shannon Rubicam, maritalStatusWith, George Merrill (divorced)]
Generated description
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known as one half of the duo Boy Meets Girl, co-writing Whitney Houston hits like "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Merrill (divorced) Target entity description: George Merrill is an American songwriter best known as one half of the duo Boy Meets Girl, co-writing Whitney Houston hits like "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)."
-
A.
Susan Brown (divorced)
Susan Brown is the former wife of American businessman and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.
-
B.
Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
-
C.
Julia Bingham (divorced)
Julia Bingham is the former wife of American screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin.
-
D.
Melinda Rogers
Melinda Rogers is a Canadian business executive and member of the Rogers family, known for her leadership roles within Rogers Communications.
-
E.
Tully Friedman
Tully Friedman is an American financier and private equity investor best known as the co-founder of the investment firm Hellman & Friedman.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: maritalStatusWith Context triple: [Shannon Rubicam, maritalStatusWith, George Merrill (divorced)]
-
A.
marital status
Indicates the legal or social state of a person’s marriage-related relationship, such as being single, married, divorced, or widowed.
-
B.
spouseStatus
chosen
Indicates the marital relationship status between two individuals, such as whether they are currently spouses, formerly spouses, or not married to each other.
-
C.
maritalBasis
Indicates that the relationship or status in question is founded on, justified by, or determined due to a marital relationship between the involved entities.
-
D.
marriageType
Indicates the specific legal or social category of a marriage relationship that exists between two spouses.
-
E.
marriedInto
Indicates that one entity became connected to another’s family or group through marriage, rather than by birth or prior membership.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a885ffc5ec819091afa325d5f9611c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a93fef600c819080fe75c42c8e6dac |
completed | March 5, 2026, 8:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51cd2e54819086924378792eb2e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad5248af2881909755ae87b4cd0041 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad52b3dcf081909e73fba891e985b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a907c52a548190b648a31ea306dd5b |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:34 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.