Triple

T8607562
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Fighting Marines E203838 entity
Predicate stars P1956 FINISHED
Object John Merton
John Merton was an American character actor known for his frequent roles as a villain in B-movie Westerns and adventure serials during the 1930s and 1940s.
E747824 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: John Merton | Statement: [The Fighting Marines, stars, John Merton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Merton
Context triple: [The Fighting Marines, stars, John Merton]
  • A. Roy Innis
    Roy Innis was an American civil rights activist and long-time national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, known for his conservative views and outspoken advocacy on race and social policy.
  • B. Ernest H. Martin
    Ernest H. Martin was an American theatrical and film producer best known for his work on major Broadway musicals and Hollywood adaptations in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Paul F. Edwards
    Paul F. Edwards is a television and film screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed American Civil War miniseries "North and South."
  • D. Walter Francis Brown
    Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
  • E. George Milner
    George Milner is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as linguistics, politics, and the military.
  • 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: John Merton
Triple: [The Fighting Marines, stars, John Merton]
Generated description
John Merton was an American character actor known for his frequent roles as a villain in B-movie Westerns and adventure serials during the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Merton
Target entity description: John Merton was an American character actor known for his frequent roles as a villain in B-movie Westerns and adventure serials during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • A. Roy Innis
    Roy Innis was an American civil rights activist and long-time national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, known for his conservative views and outspoken advocacy on race and social policy.
  • B. Ernest H. Martin
    Ernest H. Martin was an American theatrical and film producer best known for his work on major Broadway musicals and Hollywood adaptations in the mid-20th century.
  • C. Paul F. Edwards
    Paul F. Edwards is a television and film screenwriter best known for his work on the acclaimed American Civil War miniseries "North and South."
  • D. Walter Francis Brown
    Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
  • E. George Milner
    George Milner is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as linguistics, politics, and the military.
  • 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_69ca832c23e4819095a9f3eea4a21828 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc46ec301881908ce148a3f07069fe completed March 31, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebbb9307c81909b31995c73728e91 completed April 2, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebfbfaa888190b4dc61ea6e65bc3f completed April 2, 2026, 7:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cec01ec2d88190a9d96637f3e03932 completed April 2, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:25 p.m.