Triple

T1915609
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hugh Mercer E40010 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Mercer
Mercer is a surname of Scottish and English origin borne by various notable individuals, including the American Revolutionary War general Hugh Mercer.
 E216363 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: Mercer | Statement: [Hugh Mercer, familyName, Mercer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mercer
Context triple: [Hugh Mercer, familyName, Mercer]
  • A. Aiken
    Aiken is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
  • B. Cordele
    Cordele is a small city in south-central Georgia known as the "Watermelon Capital of the World" and as a regional hub along major highway and rail routes.
  • C. Greenwood
    Greenwood is a residential neighborhood within the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.
  • D. Pelham
    Pelham is an English surname historically associated with prominent political and aristocratic families in Britain.
  • E. Pelham
    Pelham is the first name of P. G. Wodehouse, the celebrated English humorist and author known for his Jeeves and Wooster stories.
  • 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: Mercer
Triple: [Hugh Mercer, familyName, Mercer]
Generated description
Mercer is a surname of Scottish and English origin borne by various notable individuals, including the American Revolutionary War general Hugh Mercer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mercer
Target entity description: Mercer is a surname of Scottish and English origin borne by various notable individuals, including the American Revolutionary War general Hugh Mercer.
  • A. Aiken
    Aiken is a variant spelling of the surname Aitken, which is of Scottish origin.
  • B. Cordele
    Cordele is a small city in south-central Georgia known as the "Watermelon Capital of the World" and as a regional hub along major highway and rail routes.
  • C. Greenwood
    Greenwood is a residential neighborhood within the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England.
  • D. Pelham
    Pelham is an English surname historically associated with prominent political and aristocratic families in Britain.
  • E. Pelham
    Pelham is the first name of P. G. Wodehouse, the celebrated English humorist and author known for his Jeeves and Wooster stories.
  • 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_69a8864298748190a2f2fd34f7ef8d77 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb1e517e8819086e4bf5a305aeb25 completed March 7, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf3da81308190a49844a8ac2997da completed March 8, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf5d259488190ad105f0083577ecc completed March 8, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf6264d148190be0daef2be7f920d completed March 8, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.