Triple

T17065715
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Melvin Purvis E414081 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Purvis
Purvis is a surname most notably associated with Melvin Purvis, the American FBI agent famed for pursuing notorious gangsters in the 1930s.
 E955290 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: Purvis | Statement: [Melvin Purvis, familyName, Purvis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Purvis
Context triple: [Melvin Purvis, familyName, Purvis]
  • A. Purvis
    Purvis is a small city in Lamar County, Mississippi, known as part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area.
  • B. Purvis, Mississippi
    Purvis, Mississippi is a small city in Lamar County that serves as a local hub within the Pine Belt region of southern Mississippi.
  • C. Gordonton
    Gordonton is a small rural settlement in the Waikato region of New Zealand, located near the city of Hamilton and known for its farming community and local heritage sites.
  • D. Holly Springs
    Holly Springs is a suburban town in North Carolina known for its rapid growth, family-friendly communities, and proximity to the Research Triangle’s technology and research hubs.
  • E. Mauldin
    Mauldin is the surname of American music producer, songwriter, and record executive Jermaine Dupri.
  • 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: Purvis
Triple: [Melvin Purvis, familyName, Purvis]
Generated description
Purvis is a surname most notably associated with Melvin Purvis, the American FBI agent famed for pursuing notorious gangsters in the 1930s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Purvis
Target entity description: Purvis is a surname most notably associated with Melvin Purvis, the American FBI agent famed for pursuing notorious gangsters in the 1930s.
  • A. Purvis chosen
    Purvis is a small city in Lamar County, Mississippi, known as part of the Hattiesburg metropolitan area.
  • B. Purvis, Mississippi
    Purvis, Mississippi is a small city in Lamar County that serves as a local hub within the Pine Belt region of southern Mississippi.
  • C. Gordonton
    Gordonton is a small rural settlement in the Waikato region of New Zealand, located near the city of Hamilton and known for its farming community and local heritage sites.
  • D. Holly Springs
    Holly Springs is a suburban town in North Carolina known for its rapid growth, family-friendly communities, and proximity to the Research Triangle’s technology and research hubs.
  • E. Mauldin
    Mauldin is the surname of American music producer, songwriter, and record executive Jermaine Dupri.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3db8171348190ab68d2e4f05f7120 completed April 18, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01234e9a94819094618ba43b7d22b4 completed May 11, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01245aa7ec81909fa20befa29f590c completed May 11, 2026, 12:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01281c8bf08190a24d77fe6af595f4 completed May 11, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.