Triple
T18206093
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dornford Yates |
E435907
|
entity |
| Predicate | realName |
P9233
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cecil William Mercer |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Cecil William Mercer | Statement: [Dornford Yates, realName, Cecil William Mercer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil William Mercer Context triple: [Dornford Yates, realName, Cecil William Mercer]
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A.
Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer best known for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and for his notable sportsmanship in insisting a delayed rival be allowed to compete.
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B.
Cecil Mountford
Cecil Mountford was a renowned New Zealand rugby league player and coach, best known for his successful career with Wigan and his influential role in the sport during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Cecil Allan
Cecil Allan is an actor known for appearing in the British science-fiction film "Spaceways."
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D.
Cecil Armitage
Cecil Armitage was a British colonial administrator known for his service in West Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Cecil Newton
Cecil Newton is a former American football center best known as the older brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil William Mercer Target entity description: Cecil William Mercer was a British author best known for his popular adventure and humorous novels written under the pen name Dornford Yates.
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A.
Cecil Healy
Cecil Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer best known for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and for his notable sportsmanship in insisting a delayed rival be allowed to compete.
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B.
Cecil Mountford
Cecil Mountford was a renowned New Zealand rugby league player and coach, best known for his successful career with Wigan and his influential role in the sport during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Cecil Allan
Cecil Allan is an actor known for appearing in the British science-fiction film "Spaceways."
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D.
Cecil Armitage
Cecil Armitage was a British colonial administrator known for his service in West Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Cecil Newton
Cecil Newton is a former American football center best known as the older brother of NFL quarterback Cam Newton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69d8b90dba6481908e119eb9aa4ca0cb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4e2234b988190bbe2c2164d61f65f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 2:09 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:32 a.m.