Triple
T7581272
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mercury Theatre |
E179490
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Erskine Sanford
Erskine Sanford was an American character actor best known for his work with Orson Welles, including his role as the bumbling reporter Herbert Carter in the film "Citizen Kane."
|
E688883
|
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: Erskine Sanford | Statement: [Mercury Theatre, hasMember, Erskine Sanford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erskine Sanford Context triple: [Mercury Theatre, hasMember, Erskine Sanford]
-
A.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
James K. Boyce
James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
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C.
Estey C. Graham
Estey C. Graham was the wife of influential value-investing pioneer Benjamin Graham.
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D.
Cecil H. Underwood
Cecil H. Underwood was an American naturalist and field collector known for his extensive work on the mammals and birds of Central America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Edmund G. Hamlin
Edmund G. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Hamlin, though specific widely known public details about his life or work are not readily available.
- 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: Erskine Sanford Triple: [Mercury Theatre, hasMember, Erskine Sanford]
Generated description
Erskine Sanford was an American character actor best known for his work with Orson Welles, including his role as the bumbling reporter Herbert Carter in the film "Citizen Kane."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erskine Sanford Target entity description: Erskine Sanford was an American character actor best known for his work with Orson Welles, including his role as the bumbling reporter Herbert Carter in the film "Citizen Kane."
-
A.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
-
B.
James K. Boyce
James K. Boyce is an American economist known for his work on environmental economics, inequality, and the political economy of development.
-
C.
Estey C. Graham
Estey C. Graham was the wife of influential value-investing pioneer Benjamin Graham.
-
D.
Cecil H. Underwood
Cecil H. Underwood was an American naturalist and field collector known for his extensive work on the mammals and birds of Central America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
Edmund G. Hamlin
Edmund G. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Hamlin, though specific widely known public details about his life or work are not readily available.
- 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_69c69f327db881909a21ae3b156f8ded |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f97717048190b0ca1a74ed8a817e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8e575c22481908a6779f5d496bd3a |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8e667a4c48190aee42aa003c4202b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8e6f7ae88819085e600a1266580d3 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:52 p.m.