Triple
T20543912
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Dickson Carr |
E504415
|
entity |
| Predicate | createdCharacter |
P2004
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sir Henry Merrivale |
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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: Sir Henry Merrivale | Statement: [John Dickson Carr, createdCharacter, Sir Henry Merrivale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Henry Merrivale Context triple: [John Dickson Carr, createdCharacter, Sir Henry Merrivale]
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A.
Thomas Edward Ravenshaw
Thomas Edward Ravenshaw was a British colonial administrator in India whose contributions to education led to several prominent institutions being named in his honor.
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B.
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge was a pioneering British physicist and writer best known for his work in wireless telegraphy and early radio technology, as well as his popular science and spiritualist writings.
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C.
Charles Vereker
Charles Vereker was an Irish soldier and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Sir Henry Mildmay
Sir Henry Mildmay was a 17th-century English politician and courtier, known for his role in the events surrounding the English Civil War and the trial of King Charles I.
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E.
John Merivale
John Merivale was a British-Canadian actor known for his work on stage, film, and television during the mid-20th century.
- 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: Sir Henry Merrivale Target entity description: Sir Henry Merrivale is a blustery, eccentric yet brilliant fictional detective who stars in many of John Dickson Carr’s classic locked-room and puzzle mystery novels.
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A.
Thomas Edward Ravenshaw
Thomas Edward Ravenshaw was a British colonial administrator in India whose contributions to education led to several prominent institutions being named in his honor.
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B.
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge was a pioneering British physicist and writer best known for his work in wireless telegraphy and early radio technology, as well as his popular science and spiritualist writings.
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C.
Charles Vereker
Charles Vereker was an Irish soldier and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Sir Henry Mildmay
Sir Henry Mildmay was a 17th-century English politician and courtier, known for his role in the events surrounding the English Civil War and the trial of King Charles I.
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E.
John Merivale
John Merivale was a British-Canadian actor known for his work on stage, film, and television during the mid-20th century.
- 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_69e0b4b476648190bc6019622ae54d3c |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6a2957c308190aab81127f82f8aa6 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:03 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:38 a.m.