Triple
T5516093
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merriam |
E144686
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Spring Merriam
George Spring Merriam was an American publisher and member of the Merriam family associated with the development and publication of Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
|
E529576
|
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: George Spring Merriam | Statement: [Merriam, hasNotableBearer, George Spring Merriam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Spring Merriam Context triple: [Merriam, hasNotableBearer, George Spring Merriam]
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A.
Fielder Jones
Fielder Jones was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager and outfielder best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to a championship in the dead-ball era.
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B.
Charlie Dunbar Broad
Charlie Dunbar Broad was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
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C.
Billy Keller
Billy Keller is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his sharpshooting and key role on the Indiana Pacers’ championship teams in the American Basketball Association.
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D.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
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E.
John H. Evers
John H. Evers is an individual known primarily for bearing the surname Evers in a context where notable name-bearers are recorded or discussed.
- 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: George Spring Merriam Triple: [Merriam, hasNotableBearer, George Spring Merriam]
Generated description
George Spring Merriam was an American publisher and member of the Merriam family associated with the development and publication of Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Spring Merriam Target entity description: George Spring Merriam was an American publisher and member of the Merriam family associated with the development and publication of Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
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A.
Fielder Jones
Fielder Jones was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager and outfielder best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to a championship in the dead-ball era.
-
B.
Charlie Dunbar Broad
Charlie Dunbar Broad was a prominent 20th-century British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind.
-
C.
Billy Keller
Billy Keller is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his sharpshooting and key role on the Indiana Pacers’ championship teams in the American Basketball Association.
-
D.
Eugene Worley
Eugene Worley was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
-
E.
John H. Evers
John H. Evers is an individual known primarily for bearing the surname Evers in a context where notable name-bearers are recorded or discussed.
- 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_69c01f5d1d188190b3a222a9ecf2a0e6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c027dd848481908052007e89c3f634 |
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.