Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ruth Elizabeth Davis E195820 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Michael Merrill
Michael Merrill is the son of legendary American actress Bette Davis, known for his later role in managing her estate and legacy.
E757540 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: Michael Merrill | Statement: [Ruth Elizabeth Davis, child, Michael Merrill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Merrill
Context triple: [Ruth Elizabeth Davis, child, Michael Merrill]
  • A. Jack Mullen
    Jack Mullen is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public significance is not clearly established from the available information.
  • B. Eric Metcalf
    Eric Metcalf is a former American football player best known as a versatile NFL running back and return specialist during the late 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Eric Lamonsoff
    Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
  • D. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • E. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • 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: Michael Merrill
Triple: [Ruth Elizabeth Davis, child, Michael Merrill]
Generated description
Michael Merrill is the son of legendary American actress Bette Davis, known for his later role in managing her estate and legacy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Merrill
Target entity description: Michael Merrill is the son of legendary American actress Bette Davis, known for his later role in managing her estate and legacy.
  • A. Jack Mullen
    Jack Mullen is a relatively obscure individual whose specific public significance is not clearly established from the available information.
  • B. Eric Metcalf
    Eric Metcalf is a former American football player best known as a versatile NFL running back and return specialist during the late 1980s and 1990s.
  • C. Eric Lamonsoff
    Eric Lamonsoff is a bumbling yet big-hearted family man and close friend of Lenny Feder in the Grown Ups comedy film series.
  • D. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • E. David Scearce
    David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
  • 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_69ca82ecbdc481908a55cad8ca062d88 completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb7fd5027c81909724f25aa30bbe58 completed March 31, 2026, 8:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf5127db38819087d5ba71b6064998 completed April 3, 2026, 5:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf5378c3f48190a4180c20aecb2260 completed April 3, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf5471e9c08190963b7f1d6c2ceffe completed April 3, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:57 p.m.