Triple
T23122684
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Charles E. Merrill |
E576938
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
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FINISHED |
| Object | Charles E. Merrill Jr. |
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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: Charles E. Merrill Jr. | Statement: [Charles E. Merrill, child, Charles E. Merrill Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles E. Merrill Jr. Context triple: [Charles E. Merrill, child, Charles E. Merrill Jr.]
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A.
Charles E. Merrill
chosen
Charles E. Merrill was an American stockbroker, philanthropist, and co-founder of the investment firm Merrill Lynch, which became one of the largest brokerage houses in the world.
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B.
Paul W. Merrill
Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
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C.
Howard Merrill
Howard Merrill was a television producer and writer best known for creating the classic American panel game show "I've Got a Secret."
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D.
Dean G. Witter
Dean G. Witter was an American businessman and stockbroker who founded the investment firm Dean Witter & Co., which became a major Wall Street brokerage and financial services company.
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E.
Theodore J. Forstmann
Theodore J. Forstmann was an influential American financier and pioneer of the leveraged buyout industry, known for co-founding and leading the private equity firm Forstmann Little & Co.
- 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_69e245f6c2e881909a228fdcfeb7c7d3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18e517a0481909829a73fdf255d1c |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m.