Triple
T23263911
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Troy Donahue |
E582092
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merle Johnson Jr. |
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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: Merle Johnson Jr. | Statement: [Troy Donahue, birthName, Merle Johnson Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merle Johnson Jr. Context triple: [Troy Donahue, birthName, Merle Johnson Jr.]
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A.
Leroy Johnson
Leroy Johnson is the ambitious and talented performing arts student who serves as one of the central protagonists in the television series "Fame."
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B.
James W. Johnson
James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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C.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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D.
John F. Johnson
John F. Johnson is an individual known primarily in this context as the husband of Diane Johnson.
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E.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
- 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: Merle Johnson Jr. Target entity description: Merle Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Troy Donahue, was an American actor and teen idol prominent in late 1950s and 1960s Hollywood films and television.
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A.
Leroy Johnson
Leroy Johnson is the ambitious and talented performing arts student who serves as one of the central protagonists in the television series "Fame."
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B.
James W. Johnson
James W. Johnson is an American writer, civil rights activist, and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance best known for co-authoring the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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C.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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D.
John F. Johnson
John F. Johnson is an individual known primarily in this context as the husband of Diane Johnson.
-
E.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin was an American bass singer best known as a founding and longtime member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations.
- 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_69e246079f58819085eaa9c260906880 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:39 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f194cb76c48190869915cd93b44fcc |
completed | April 29, 2026, 5:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:11 p.m.