Triple
T11028130
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress |
E260683
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Francis Mercer
John Francis Mercer was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later became governor of Maryland.
|
E899761
|
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 Francis Mercer | Statement: [delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress, hasMember, John Francis Mercer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Francis Mercer Context triple: [delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress, hasMember, John Francis Mercer]
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A.
John Herndon Mercer
John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
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B.
Joseph Meacham
Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.
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C.
Frank Maxwell Andrews
Frank Maxwell Andrews was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Corps general and early advocate of strategic air power who became one of the highest-ranking American air commanders during World War II.
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D.
Frank Otis
Frank Otis was an individual significant enough in U.S. military or aviation history that a major installation, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, was named in his honor.
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E.
John Howard Payne
John Howard Payne was a 19th-century American actor, playwright, and poet best known as the author of the song "Home! Sweet Home!".
- 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 Francis Mercer Triple: [delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress, hasMember, John Francis Mercer]
Generated description
John Francis Mercer was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later became governor of Maryland.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Francis Mercer Target entity description: John Francis Mercer was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later became governor of Maryland.
-
A.
John Herndon Mercer
John Herndon Mercer was a renowned American lyricist, songwriter, and singer who co-founded Capitol Records and wrote numerous popular standards of the Great American Songbook.
-
B.
Joseph Meacham
Joseph Meacham was an early American Shaker leader who helped organize and expand the Shaker religious communities in the late 18th century.
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C.
Frank Maxwell Andrews
Frank Maxwell Andrews was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Corps general and early advocate of strategic air power who became one of the highest-ranking American air commanders during World War II.
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D.
Frank Otis
Frank Otis was an individual significant enough in U.S. military or aviation history that a major installation, Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, was named in his honor.
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E.
John Howard Payne
John Howard Payne was a 19th-century American actor, playwright, and poet best known as the author of the song "Home! Sweet Home!".
- 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_69d6aa979bdc8190bf0e79104cc098c1 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d797d245a0819085135cdee9b256c5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3753451e08190bc42ab99d01926f9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e37ab93e0881909d98f96073a55ae8 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e37c97b34081908b274ff52a12d450 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.