Triple

T6245473
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merrill E139709 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Frank Thayer Merrill
Frank Thayer Merrill was an American illustrator and artist best known for his detailed pen-and-ink illustrations in late 19th-century books and magazines.
E576940 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: Frank Thayer Merrill | Statement: [Merrill, hasNotableBearer, Frank Thayer Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Thayer Merrill
Context triple: [Merrill, hasNotableBearer, Frank Thayer Merrill]
  • A. Frederick Russell Jones
    Frederick Russell Jones, better known as Ahmad Jamal, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader renowned for his innovative use of space, dynamics, and subtlety in modern jazz.
  • B. Francis B. Loomis
    Francis B. Loomis was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and briefly as acting Secretary of State in the early 20th century.
  • C. James A. McClure
    James A. McClure was a Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho known for his strong advocacy of gun rights and conservative policies.
  • D. Robert L. Eichelberger
    Robert L. Eichelberger was a senior U.S. Army general in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for his leadership of the Eighth Army in major campaigns against Japanese forces.
  • E. George M. Murray
    George M. Murray was a religious leader and co-author of the 1963 "A Call for Unity" statement by white clergymen that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • 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: Frank Thayer Merrill
Triple: [Merrill, hasNotableBearer, Frank Thayer Merrill]
Generated description
Frank Thayer Merrill was an American illustrator and artist best known for his detailed pen-and-ink illustrations in late 19th-century books and magazines.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank Thayer Merrill
Target entity description: Frank Thayer Merrill was an American illustrator and artist best known for his detailed pen-and-ink illustrations in late 19th-century books and magazines.
  • A. Frederick Russell Jones
    Frederick Russell Jones, better known as Ahmad Jamal, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader renowned for his innovative use of space, dynamics, and subtlety in modern jazz.
  • B. Francis B. Loomis
    Francis B. Loomis was an American diplomat and politician who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and briefly as acting Secretary of State in the early 20th century.
  • C. James A. McClure
    James A. McClure was a Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho known for his strong advocacy of gun rights and conservative policies.
  • D. Robert L. Eichelberger
    Robert L. Eichelberger was a senior U.S. Army general in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for his leadership of the Eighth Army in major campaigns against Japanese forces.
  • E. George M. Murray
    George M. Murray was a religious leader and co-author of the 1963 "A Call for Unity" statement by white clergymen that criticized civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • 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_69c008b1c5088190ae6de2555fc05ad8 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0631c63d48190a41ec1232aecb373 completed March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c20e15e7e48190b8a79178243b01f6 completed March 24, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c211a2fb3481909539519465fa5ce7 completed March 24, 2026, 4:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c211fdc42081908f5fb9e31ee08237 completed March 24, 2026, 4:24 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.