Triple

T4204089
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject A Day of Fury E86140 entity
Predicate starring P1507 FINISHED
Object Jan Merlin
Jan Merlin was an American character actor and occasional screenwriter known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying villains or tough military figures.
 E420651 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: Jan Merlin | Statement: [A Day of Fury, starring, Jan Merlin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jan Merlin
Context triple: [A Day of Fury, starring, Jan Merlin]
  • A. Jimmy Yuill
    Jimmy Yuill is a Scottish actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in several Shakespearean adaptations.
  • B. Mika Guillory
    Mika Guillory is a music producer known for work on the pop/R&B album "Songs About Girls."
  • C. Mikal Cronin
    Mikal Cronin is an American musician and songwriter known for his melodic, garage rock-influenced indie pop and frequent collaborations with fellow artist Ty Segall.
  • D. Robbie Merrill
    Robbie Merrill is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Godsmack.
  • E. Mel Eslyn
    Mel Eslyn is an American film and television producer known for her frequent collaborations with the Duplass Brothers and work on acclaimed indie projects.
  • 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: Jan Merlin
Triple: [A Day of Fury, starring, Jan Merlin]
Generated description
Jan Merlin was an American character actor and occasional screenwriter known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying villains or tough military figures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Jan Merlin
Target entity description: Jan Merlin was an American character actor and occasional screenwriter known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television, often portraying villains or tough military figures.
  • A. Jimmy Yuill
    Jimmy Yuill is a Scottish actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in several Shakespearean adaptations.
  • B. Mika Guillory
    Mika Guillory is a music producer known for work on the pop/R&B album "Songs About Girls."
  • C. Mikal Cronin
    Mikal Cronin is an American musician and songwriter known for his melodic, garage rock-influenced indie pop and frequent collaborations with fellow artist Ty Segall.
  • D. Robbie Merrill
    Robbie Merrill is an American bassist best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Godsmack.
  • E. Mel Eslyn
    Mel Eslyn is an American film and television producer known for her frequent collaborations with the Duplass Brothers and work on acclaimed indie projects.
  • 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_69aed93b89f48190a31f6d57c760e42f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0380d470819091ffdb1161437266 completed March 9, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b58a19c90c819083a750fafa6fd1c7 completed March 14, 2026, 4:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58e337aec819092020d46ee235fd1 completed March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58e9f50948190a40254375e76153c completed March 14, 2026, 4:36 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:49 p.m.