Triple

T3754407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Johnny Slash E82010 entity
Predicate portrayedBy P1507 FINISHED
Object Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick was an American actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Square Pegs" and as David Marcus in the "Star Trek" film franchise.
 E389311 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: Merritt Butrick | Statement: [Johnny Slash, portrayedBy, Merritt Butrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merritt Butrick
Context triple: [Johnny Slash, portrayedBy, Merritt Butrick]
  • A. Merrill De Maris
    Merrill De Maris was an American screenwriter and story artist for Walt Disney Studios, best known for co-writing the screenplay for the landmark animated feature "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
  • B. Pat McCormick
    Pat McCormick was an American comedian and television writer known for his work on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and appearances in films and TV comedies.
  • C. Kathleen DuRoss
    Kathleen DuRoss was an American former model and socialite best known as the third wife of industrialist Henry Ford II.
  • D. Kate Wollman
    Kate Wollman was a philanthropist whose donation funded the construction of the famous Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park.
  • E. Jan Chamberlin
    Jan Chamberlin is an American singer and actress best known as the eighth and final wife of legendary Hollywood entertainer Mickey Rooney.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Merritt Butrick
Triple: [Johnny Slash, portrayedBy, Merritt Butrick]
Generated description
Merritt Butrick was an American actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Square Pegs" and as David Marcus in the "Star Trek" film franchise.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merritt Butrick
Target entity description: Merritt Butrick was an American actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Square Pegs" and as David Marcus in the "Star Trek" film franchise.
  • A. Merrill De Maris
    Merrill De Maris was an American screenwriter and story artist for Walt Disney Studios, best known for co-writing the screenplay for the landmark animated feature "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
  • B. Pat McCormick
    Pat McCormick was an American comedian and television writer known for his work on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and appearances in films and TV comedies.
  • C. Kathleen DuRoss
    Kathleen DuRoss was an American former model and socialite best known as the third wife of industrialist Henry Ford II.
  • D. Kate Wollman
    Kate Wollman was a philanthropist whose donation funded the construction of the famous Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park.
  • E. Jan Chamberlin
    Jan Chamberlin is an American singer and actress best known as the eighth and final wife of legendary Hollywood entertainer Mickey Rooney.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ad8b1db40081908b61ffa6b78afd4d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcb94ffc08190a7fd1ce71a15f787 completed March 8, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4f02fb680819092ea86040b4b5bcf completed March 14, 2026, 5:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4f1048f948190a915354c30517ef5 completed March 14, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4f4bbf4508190958091e841e796a3 completed March 14, 2026, 5:40 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:35 p.m.