Triple

T6245483
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merrill E139709 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Stetson Merrill
William Stetson Merrill was an American librarian and classification theorist known for his influential work on library book classification and subject headings in the early 20th century.
E733952 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: William Stetson Merrill | Statement: [Merrill, hasNotableBearer, William Stetson Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stetson Merrill
Context triple: [Merrill, hasNotableBearer, William Stetson Merrill]
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • C. John F. Campbell
    John F. Campbell is a retired U.S. Army four-star general who served as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
  • D. William G. Livesay
    William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
  • E. Frank E. Woods
    Frank E. Woods was an early American screenwriter and film critic best known for his influential work in the silent film era, including collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
  • 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: William Stetson Merrill
Triple: [Merrill, hasNotableBearer, William Stetson Merrill]
Generated description
William Stetson Merrill was an American librarian and classification theorist known for his influential work on library book classification and subject headings in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stetson Merrill
Target entity description: William Stetson Merrill was an American librarian and classification theorist known for his influential work on library book classification and subject headings in the early 20th century.
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • C. John F. Campbell
    John F. Campbell is a retired U.S. Army four-star general who served as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
  • D. William G. Livesay
    William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
  • E. Frank E. Woods
    Frank E. Woods was an early American screenwriter and film critic best known for his influential work in the silent film era, including collaborations with director D. W. Griffith.
  • 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_69c0631d9e648190a59ab4001f506424 completed March 22, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce1c351f848190a1f91a09f7319a01 completed April 2, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce1e6e83008190a4c2f796928882c1 completed April 2, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce1f3d46f48190be7b494e808a70f9 completed April 2, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.