Triple

T5443188
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oceaneering International E122185 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Merlin Lawson
Merlin Lawson is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of Oceaneering International, a major company in the offshore energy and subsea engineering industry.
 E521451 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: Merlin Lawson | Statement: [Oceaneering International, foundedBy, Merlin Lawson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merlin Lawson
Context triple: [Oceaneering International, foundedBy, Merlin Lawson]
  • A. Samuel Lord
    Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
  • B. Sam Merlotte
    Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and central figure in the supernatural drama series "True Blood."
  • C. Anthony Skingsley
    Anthony Skingsley was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during the late 20th century, overseeing key aspects of the UK's air defense.
  • D. Graydon Carter
    Graydon Carter is a Canadian-born journalist and longtime editor of Vanity Fair, known for his influential role in media and culture.
  • E. Gary Harkness
    Gary Harkness is the introspective college football player and narrator of Don DeLillo’s novel "End Zone," through whom themes of war, language, and existential anxiety are explored.
  • 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: Merlin Lawson
Triple: [Oceaneering International, foundedBy, Merlin Lawson]
Generated description
Merlin Lawson is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of Oceaneering International, a major company in the offshore energy and subsea engineering industry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Merlin Lawson
Target entity description: Merlin Lawson is an entrepreneur best known as a founder of Oceaneering International, a major company in the offshore energy and subsea engineering industry.
  • A. Samuel Lord
    Samuel Lord was a 19th-century English-born American merchant best known for establishing the iconic New York department store Lord & Taylor.
  • B. Sam Merlotte
    Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and central figure in the supernatural drama series "True Blood."
  • C. Anthony Skingsley
    Anthony Skingsley was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to high command during the late 20th century, overseeing key aspects of the UK's air defense.
  • D. Graydon Carter
    Graydon Carter is a Canadian-born journalist and longtime editor of Vanity Fair, known for his influential role in media and culture.
  • E. Gary Harkness
    Gary Harkness is the introspective college football player and narrator of Don DeLillo’s novel "End Zone," through whom themes of war, language, and existential anxiety are explored.
  • 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_69bd4640f52c81909e653ec361f66d76 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd91cb5eec8190bdf2ef0bdea84a62 completed March 20, 2026, 6:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf41302d588190afa5906d0e3dd891 completed March 22, 2026, 1:09 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf42e2bbe08190be6616a9cab6f9a0 completed March 22, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf4343879881909b26e716d10fbad3 completed March 22, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:07 p.m.