Triple
T16571048
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merriel V. Shelton |
E402584
|
entity |
| Predicate | inspiredCharacter |
P2004
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton is a fictionalized U.S. Marine character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific," based on the real-life Marine Merriel V. Shelton.
|
E1221302
|
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: Merriel "Snafu" Shelton | Statement: [Merriel V. Shelton, inspiredCharacter, Merriel "Snafu" Shelton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merriel "Snafu" Shelton Context triple: [Merriel V. Shelton, inspiredCharacter, Merriel "Snafu" Shelton]
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A.
Ernie Smuntz
Ernie Smuntz is one of the bumbling brothers at the center of the slapstick comedy film "MouseHunt," known for his increasingly desperate and chaotic attempts to catch a clever mouse in a dilapidated mansion.
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B.
Kay Hilliard
Kay Hilliard is the central female protagonist in the 1956 musical film "The Opposite Sex," navigating love, betrayal, and personal growth within the world of high society marriages.
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C.
Buck Williams
Buck Williams is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NBA All-Star best known for his rebounding prowess and long career with the New Jersey Nets and Portland Trail Blazers.
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D.
Thomas Shelton
Thomas Shelton was a 17th-century English stenographer best known for developing and publishing influential shorthand systems.
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E.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
- 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: Merriel "Snafu" Shelton Triple: [Merriel V. Shelton, inspiredCharacter, Merriel "Snafu" Shelton]
Generated description
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton is a fictionalized U.S. Marine character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific," based on the real-life Marine Merriel V. Shelton.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merriel "Snafu" Shelton Target entity description: Merriel "Snafu" Shelton is a fictionalized U.S. Marine character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific," based on the real-life Marine Merriel V. Shelton.
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A.
Ernie Smuntz
Ernie Smuntz is one of the bumbling brothers at the center of the slapstick comedy film "MouseHunt," known for his increasingly desperate and chaotic attempts to catch a clever mouse in a dilapidated mansion.
-
B.
Kay Hilliard
Kay Hilliard is the central female protagonist in the 1956 musical film "The Opposite Sex," navigating love, betrayal, and personal growth within the world of high society marriages.
-
C.
Buck Williams
Buck Williams is a former American professional basketball player and three-time NBA All-Star best known for his rebounding prowess and long career with the New Jersey Nets and Portland Trail Blazers.
-
D.
Thomas Shelton
Thomas Shelton was a 17th-century English stenographer best known for developing and publishing influential shorthand systems.
-
E.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
- 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_69d8838648088190acf97ef11fc3f61b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e35958d49c8190b995188240fb355b |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a006ee8812c81908ef74636bf39d44a |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0070024cb4819092ee0ce1320f0905 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00707959a081909fc04947624abbe5 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.