Triple
T11961473
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert C. Merton |
E284678
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Merton |
E846484
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Merton | Statement: [Robert C. Merton, familyName, Merton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merton Context triple: [Robert C. Merton, familyName, Merton]
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A.
Merton
Merton is a borough in southwest London, England, known for its residential suburbs and the Wimbledon tennis championships.
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B.
Merton
chosen
Merton is a surname most prominently associated with Robert K. Merton, a pioneering American sociologist known for his work on social structure and anomie, role theory, and the sociology of science.
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C.
Brighton Hill
Brighton Hill is a residential suburb and local community area within the town of Basingstoke in Hampshire, England.
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D.
Haddon Heights
Haddon Heights is a small suburban borough in southern New Jersey known for its historic homes, tree-lined streets, and close-knit community.
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E.
Putney Vale
Putney Vale is a residential area in southwest London situated between Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common, known for its housing estates, cemetery and crematorium, and proximity to large green spaces.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9037848f481908276716675464464 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f4592fa9a48190a0450e3d0c57c4d3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:41 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:45 p.m.