Triple

T22093731
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shattered (1991 film) E545970 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Dan Merrick
Dan Merrick is the amnesiac protagonist of the 1991 neo-noir thriller "Shattered," whose struggle to piece together his past drives the film's mystery.
E1521975 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: Dan Merrick | Statement: [Shattered (1991 film), mainCharacter, Dan Merrick]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Merrick
Context triple: [Shattered (1991 film), mainCharacter, Dan Merrick]
  • A. Ben Merrick
    Ben Merrick is a British government official who has served in senior roles related to overseas territories, including leadership of the British Antarctic Territory administration.
  • B. Gil Merrick
    Gil Merrick was an English footballer and manager best known as Birmingham City’s legendary goalkeeper during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Ray Merrimen
    Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
  • D. Dave Merriman
    Dave Merriman is a musician best known as a member of the Chicago punk rock band The Arrivals.
  • E. Don Murray
    Don Murray is an American actor best known for his Oscar-nominated film debut in the 1956 drama "Bus Stop" opposite Marilyn Monroe.
  • 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: Dan Merrick
Triple: [Shattered (1991 film), mainCharacter, Dan Merrick]
Generated description
Dan Merrick is the amnesiac protagonist of the 1991 neo-noir thriller "Shattered," whose struggle to piece together his past drives the film's mystery.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dan Merrick
Target entity description: Dan Merrick is the amnesiac protagonist of the 1991 neo-noir thriller "Shattered," whose struggle to piece together his past drives the film's mystery.
  • A. Ben Merrick
    Ben Merrick is a British government official who has served in senior roles related to overseas territories, including leadership of the British Antarctic Territory administration.
  • B. Gil Merrick
    Gil Merrick was an English footballer and manager best known as Birmingham City’s legendary goalkeeper during the mid-20th century.
  • C. Ray Merrimen
    Ray Merrimen is a disciplined, battle-hardened ex-Marine and mastermind leader of a crew of professional bank robbers in the crime film "Den of Thieves."
  • D. Dave Merriman
    Dave Merriman is a musician best known as a member of the Chicago punk rock band The Arrivals.
  • E. Don Murray
    Don Murray is an American actor best known for his Oscar-nominated film debut in the 1956 drama "Bus Stop" opposite Marilyn Monroe.
  • 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_69e11e36d03c8190a83a1ba802b7231b completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f128e766388190aad1039fe0849771 completed April 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a96eba9048190a4c77a2d082dbbf0 completed May 18, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a97e509a88190a7f316cf340d010a completed May 18, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a987daa208190bab5b7adec1913e8 completed May 18, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:29 p.m.