Triple

T8790099
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merle Oberon E209140 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object Estelle Merle Thompson
Estelle Merle Thompson, better known as Merle Oberon, was a British-Indian film actress famed for her roles in classic Hollywood and British cinema, including "Wuthering Heights."
E779234 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: Estelle Merle Thompson | Statement: [Merle Oberon, alsoKnownAs, Estelle Merle Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Estelle Merle Thompson
Context triple: [Merle Oberon, alsoKnownAs, Estelle Merle Thompson]
  • A. Dorothy Patricia Reed
    Dorothy Patricia Reed, better known by her stage name Dorothy Revier, was an American silent and early sound film actress prominent in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • B. Constance Bennett
    Constance Bennett was a prominent American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s, known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in early Hollywood talkies.
  • C. Babette Dell
    Babette Dell is a quirky, fast-talking resident of Stars Hollow on the television series "Gilmore Girls," known for being Lorelai Gilmore’s close friend and neighbor.
  • D. Josephine Dunn
    Josephine Dunn was an American film and stage actress of the late silent and early sound era, known for her roles in musical and dramatic pictures of the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Eva Taylor
    Eva Taylor was an American blues and jazz singer and actress prominent in the 1920s and 1930s, known for her recordings and performances in early African American popular music.
  • 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: Estelle Merle Thompson
Triple: [Merle Oberon, alsoKnownAs, Estelle Merle Thompson]
Generated description
Estelle Merle Thompson, better known as Merle Oberon, was a British-Indian film actress famed for her roles in classic Hollywood and British cinema, including "Wuthering Heights."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Estelle Merle Thompson
Target entity description: Estelle Merle Thompson, better known as Merle Oberon, was a British-Indian film actress famed for her roles in classic Hollywood and British cinema, including "Wuthering Heights."
  • A. Dorothy Patricia Reed
    Dorothy Patricia Reed, better known by her stage name Dorothy Revier, was an American silent and early sound film actress prominent in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • B. Constance Bennett
    Constance Bennett was a prominent American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s, known for her sophisticated screen presence and roles in early Hollywood talkies.
  • C. Babette Dell
    Babette Dell is a quirky, fast-talking resident of Stars Hollow on the television series "Gilmore Girls," known for being Lorelai Gilmore’s close friend and neighbor.
  • D. Josephine Dunn
    Josephine Dunn was an American film and stage actress of the late silent and early sound era, known for her roles in musical and dramatic pictures of the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Eva Taylor
    Eva Taylor was an American blues and jazz singer and actress prominent in the 1920s and 1930s, known for her recordings and performances in early African American popular music.
  • 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5f8d25f881908863d636fa57a8a2 completed March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d02f6e221081909a8a83f2e465b1c2 completed April 3, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0343054388190949c9b4ec2492aaf completed April 3, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0347b762c8190913dc347cde6cbb0 completed April 3, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.