Triple
T6175914
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Madison Award |
E137817
|
entity |
| Predicate | firstRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Charles E. Merriam |
E109488
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Charles E. Merriam | Statement: [James Madison Award, firstRecipient, Charles E. Merriam]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles E. Merriam Context triple: [James Madison Award, firstRecipient, Charles E. Merriam]
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A.
Charles E. Merriam
chosen
Charles E. Merriam was an influential American political scientist and University of Chicago professor known for pioneering behavioralism and modern empirical approaches in political science.
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B.
Frank Merriam
Frank Merriam was an American Republican politician who served as the 28th governor of California during the 1930s, overseeing the state through the Great Depression and significant labor unrest.
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C.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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D.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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E.
Bartlett S. Durham
Bartlett S. Durham was a 19th-century physician and landowner whose donated land for a railroad depot led to the founding and naming of the city of Durham, North Carolina.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c008a80f748190ba3d07ffc81acb29 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c05dc70ac481909fd1db0d69837eca |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c141b69c348190a4e530b7380b643f |
completed | March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.