Triple
T5514048
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Wednesday Play |
E144637
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWriter |
P10455
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Mercer
David Mercer was a prominent British playwright and screenwriter known for his socially and politically charged television dramas in the 1960s and 1970s.
|
E529527
|
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: David Mercer | Statement: [The Wednesday Play, notableWriter, David Mercer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Mercer Context triple: [The Wednesday Play, notableWriter, David Mercer]
-
A.
Eric Davis
Eric Davis is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his star tenure with the Cincinnati Reds, combining elite power, speed, and defense during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Todd Worrell
Todd Worrell is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hard-throwing closer of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Russell Dykstra
Russell Dykstra is an Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including acclaimed performances in Australian cinema.
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D.
Gregg Barnes
Gregg Barnes is a Tony Award–winning American costume designer renowned for his work on numerous Broadway productions and major stage musicals.
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E.
Tony Hunter
Tony Hunter is the aging song-and-dance man protagonist of the classic 1953 MGM musical film "The Band Wagon," portrayed by Fred Astaire as he attempts to revive his fading career on Broadway.
- 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: David Mercer Triple: [The Wednesday Play, notableWriter, David Mercer]
Generated description
David Mercer was a prominent British playwright and screenwriter known for his socially and politically charged television dramas in the 1960s and 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Mercer Target entity description: David Mercer was a prominent British playwright and screenwriter known for his socially and politically charged television dramas in the 1960s and 1970s.
-
A.
Eric Davis
Eric Davis is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his star tenure with the Cincinnati Reds, combining elite power, speed, and defense during the 1980s and early 1990s.
-
B.
Todd Worrell
Todd Worrell is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hard-throwing closer of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
-
C.
Russell Dykstra
Russell Dykstra is an Australian actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including acclaimed performances in Australian cinema.
-
D.
Gregg Barnes
Gregg Barnes is a Tony Award–winning American costume designer renowned for his work on numerous Broadway productions and major stage musicals.
-
E.
Tony Hunter
Tony Hunter is the aging song-and-dance man protagonist of the classic 1953 MGM musical film "The Band Wagon," portrayed by Fred Astaire as he attempts to revive his fading career on Broadway.
- 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_69c008f77ff88190b0cd50ca207295d1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c01f5b4e988190b590b4157cf089c1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:56 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c027d52b808190ada94893b043fb19 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 5:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c03847b3348190be97b7c5795df368 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c038e148a0819080a306307e60d437 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:45 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:33 p.m.