Triple
T1655087
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stephen Merchant |
E35779
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Stephen James Merchant |
E35779
|
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: Stephen James Merchant | Statement: [Stephen Merchant, birthName, Stephen James Merchant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen James Merchant Context triple: [Stephen Merchant, birthName, Stephen James Merchant]
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A.
Stephen Merchant
chosen
Stephen Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor best known as the co-creator of the acclaimed TV series "The Office" and frequent collaborator of Ricky Gervais.
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B.
Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, and producer best known for creating the political comedies "The Thick of It," "In the Loop," and HBO's "Veep."
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C.
Joseph Godber
Joseph Godber was a British Conservative politician who held several senior government posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in agriculture and foreign affairs.
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D.
Chris Lilley
Chris Lilley is a computer scientist and web standards expert known for his influential work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), particularly in areas like web graphics and architecture.
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E.
Chris Morris
Chris Morris is a British satirist, writer, director, and actor best known for his dark, provocative television and radio comedies such as "Brass Eye" and "The Day Today."
- 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a8b597c81908a62b41718d85df6 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad6821d18c8190b411bb031c142580 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.