Triple
T15977980
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merriel "Snafu" Shelton |
E387496
|
entity |
| Predicate | inspiredCharacter |
P2004
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Snafu Shelton (The Pacific) |
E85419
|
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: Snafu Shelton (The Pacific) | Statement: [Merriel "Snafu" Shelton, inspiredCharacter, Snafu Shelton (The Pacific)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snafu Shelton (The Pacific) Context triple: [Merriel "Snafu" Shelton, inspiredCharacter, Snafu Shelton (The Pacific)]
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A.
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton in The Pacific
chosen
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton in *The Pacific* is a cynical, battle-hardened U.S. Marine mortarman whose dark humor and psychological scars reflect the brutal realities of the Pacific Theater in World War II.
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B.
Lt. Elliott
Lt. Elliott is a fictional police lieutenant character portrayed by actor Lakeith Stanfield.
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C.
Denver Pyle
Denver Pyle was an American character actor best known for his roles in classic film and television, including Uncle Jesse on "The Dukes of Hazzard" and recurring appearances on shows like "The Andy Griffith Show."
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D.
Klinger
Klinger is a German surname most notably borne by the 18th-century dramatist Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, associated with the Sturm und Drang literary movement.
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E.
Captain J. J. Jones
Captain J. J. Jones was a Los Angeles Police Department officer known for his controversial role in the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop Murders case involving Christine Collins and her missing son.
- 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_69d86da94ccc819083d187f5dc6a123e |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e157521f6c8190a54023b5ee6fc033 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffc3c76c988190a2f2bb4b6ac5ef25 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.