Triple
T18973646
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merle Travis |
E464235
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merle Robert Travis |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Merle Robert Travis | Statement: [Merle Travis, birthName, Merle Robert Travis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merle Robert Travis Context triple: [Merle Travis, birthName, Merle Robert Travis]
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A.
Merle Travis
chosen
Merle Travis was an influential American country and western singer, songwriter, and pioneering guitarist known for developing the distinctive "Travis picking" fingerstyle technique.
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B.
Fred Lee Scruggs Jr.
Fred Lee Scruggs Jr., better known as Fredro Starr, is an American rapper and actor best known as a member of the hip hop group Onyx and for his roles in films like "Sunset Park" and "Save the Last Dance."
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C.
Rudy Travis
Rudy Travis is a central criminal character in the 1994 action thriller film "The Getaway," involved in the heist and ensuing betrayals that drive the plot.
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D.
Red Foley
Red Foley was a pioneering American country music singer, guitarist, and radio/TV star whose smooth vocal style and gospel recordings helped shape the genre in the mid-20th century.
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E.
John McEuen
John McEuen is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, known for his influential work in country, bluegrass, and folk music.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8dd008af48190a97ff1c6488edf1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5d61d7728819096f0baea75658a6a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, noon