Triple

T11427261
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dina Merrill E270783 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Theodore R. Hartley
Theodore R. Hartley is an American film producer, former actor, and investment banker who co-founded the production company RKO Pictures with his wife, actress and heiress Dina Merrill.
E1270638 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: Theodore R. Hartley | Statement: [Dina Merrill, spouse, Theodore R. Hartley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore R. Hartley
Context triple: [Dina Merrill, spouse, Theodore R. Hartley]
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • C. William H. DeHart
    William H. DeHart was an American figure notable enough—likely for public, military, or civic service—to be interred at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
  • D. James J. Hartnett
    James J. Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • E. George A. Trenholm
    George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
  • 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: Theodore R. Hartley
Triple: [Dina Merrill, spouse, Theodore R. Hartley]
Generated description
Theodore R. Hartley is an American film producer, former actor, and investment banker who co-founded the production company RKO Pictures with his wife, actress and heiress Dina Merrill.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore R. Hartley
Target entity description: Theodore R. Hartley is an American film producer, former actor, and investment banker who co-founded the production company RKO Pictures with his wife, actress and heiress Dina Merrill.
  • A. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • B. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • C. William H. DeHart
    William H. DeHart was an American figure notable enough—likely for public, military, or civic service—to be interred at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey.
  • D. James J. Hartnett
    James J. Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hartnett surname.
  • E. George A. Trenholm
    George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
  • 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d806c000b88190bfaa646b2dc424b7 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01b809739081908bd44b383daa5f57 completed May 11, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01b8a74f9881909eb1d5185f72dd0b completed May 11, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01b91205048190a284c301e9cf051e completed May 11, 2026, 11:10 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.