Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merv Griffin E202328 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Tony Griffin
Tony Griffin is an American actor, writer, and producer best known as the son of television host and media mogul Merv Griffin.
 E741335 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: Tony Griffin | Statement: [Merv Griffin, child, Tony Griffin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Griffin
Context triple: [Merv Griffin, child, Tony Griffin]
  • A. Todd Griffin
    Todd Griffin is a musician and composer known for contributing music to projects such as the documentary film "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives."
  • B. Gary Grice
    Gary Grice, better known by his stage name GZA, is an American rapper, lyricist, and founding member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
  • C. Tony Fitzpatrick
    Tony Fitzpatrick is a former Scottish footballer and manager best known for his long association with St Mirren, where he became a club legend as a player and later served as manager and chief executive.
  • D. Garth Fagan
    Garth Fagan is a Jamaican-born American choreographer renowned for his innovative, Afro-Caribbean–infused modern dance style and his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway.
  • E. Jack Griffin
    Jack Griffin is the disgraced philosophy professor-turned-reluctant high school teacher portrayed by Glenn Howerton in the sitcom "A.P. Bio."
  • 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: Tony Griffin
Triple: [Merv Griffin, child, Tony Griffin]
Generated description
Tony Griffin is an American actor, writer, and producer best known as the son of television host and media mogul Merv Griffin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tony Griffin
Target entity description: Tony Griffin is an American actor, writer, and producer best known as the son of television host and media mogul Merv Griffin.
  • A. Todd Griffin
    Todd Griffin is a musician and composer known for contributing music to projects such as the documentary film "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives."
  • B. Gary Grice
    Gary Grice, better known by his stage name GZA, is an American rapper, lyricist, and founding member of the influential hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
  • C. Tony Fitzpatrick
    Tony Fitzpatrick is a former Scottish footballer and manager best known for his long association with St Mirren, where he became a club legend as a player and later served as manager and chief executive.
  • D. Garth Fagan
    Garth Fagan is a Jamaican-born American choreographer renowned for his innovative, Afro-Caribbean–infused modern dance style and his Tony Award–winning work on Broadway.
  • E. Jack Griffin
    Jack Griffin is the disgraced philosophy professor-turned-reluctant high school teacher portrayed by Glenn Howerton in the sitcom "A.P. Bio."
  • 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe74f62148190bfd6cacf5d4f74b6 completed March 31, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6db3eef08190934f5b42807ad769 completed April 2, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6ec3b080819082d64646d453541d completed April 2, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce6fe928d48190824e7a94fea5cfc0 completed April 2, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.