Triple

T4408156
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Collector of the Port of New York E94783 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object Edward A. Merritt
Edward A. Merritt was an American political figure who served as a prominent federal customs official in New York during the late 19th century.
 E448025 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: Edward A. Merritt | Statement: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Edward A. Merritt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward A. Merritt
Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Edward A. Merritt]
  • A. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • B. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • C. James McDermott
    James McDermott is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel *Alias Grace*, depicted as a fellow servant whose murder becomes central to the story’s infamous crime.
  • D. Robert J. Lovero
    Robert J. Lovero is an American politician who has served as the longtime mayor and civic leader of Berwyn, Illinois.
  • E. Nicholas C. Smith
    Nicholas C. Smith is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Brave."
  • 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: Edward A. Merritt
Triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Edward A. Merritt]
Generated description
Edward A. Merritt was an American political figure who served as a prominent federal customs official in New York during the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edward A. Merritt
Target entity description: Edward A. Merritt was an American political figure who served as a prominent federal customs official in New York during the late 19th century.
  • A. Ken Heintzelman
    Ken Heintzelman was a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s–1950s.
  • B. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • C. James McDermott
    James McDermott is a character in Margaret Atwood’s novel *Alias Grace*, depicted as a fellow servant whose murder becomes central to the story’s infamous crime.
  • D. Robert J. Lovero
    Robert J. Lovero is an American politician who has served as the longtime mayor and civic leader of Berwyn, Illinois.
  • E. Nicholas C. Smith
    Nicholas C. Smith is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Brave."
  • 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_69b34539638c8190abfea3eb29425210 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3548cb92881908a3f98466da8e0a2 completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd6f7bfd4c8190adf670a5a11c8182 completed March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd71aecafc8190b0815d0308bbcaa9 completed March 20, 2026, 4:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd75f39d788190b9e394050c55f44d completed March 20, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:28 p.m.