Triple
T20204299
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mervyn Johns |
E493308
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Mervyn Johns |
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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: David Mervyn Johns | Statement: [Mervyn Johns, birthName, David Mervyn Johns]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Mervyn Johns Context triple: [Mervyn Johns, birthName, David Mervyn Johns]
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A.
Mervyn Johns
chosen
Mervyn Johns was a Welsh character actor best known for his prolific work in British films of the 1940s, including the classic horror anthology "Dead of Night."
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B.
Roy Marples
Roy Marples is a software engineer best known for his work on the OpenRC init system and various networking tools in the Linux and BSD ecosystems.
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C.
Bill Johnstone
Bill Johnstone was an American radio actor best known for portraying the mysterious crime-fighter in the classic radio drama series "The Shadow" during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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D.
Bob Jessop
Bob Jessop is a British Marxist state theorist and sociologist known for his strategic-relational approach to the state and influential work on political economy and governance.
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E.
George Ivan Morrison
George Ivan Morrison, better known as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter renowned for his soulful voice and influential blend of rock, R&B, jazz, and Celtic 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_69da6269614c8190bb40475d9d477358 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e66d8f90108190b72e37c0056de0f8 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:38 p.m.