Triple
T22875581
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Merl Saunders |
E567311
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Merl
Merl is the given name of Merl Saunders, an American keyboardist known for his collaborations with Jerry Garcia and contributions to jazz, rock, and psychedelic music.
|
E1558481
|
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: Merl | Statement: [Merl Saunders, givenName, Merl]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merl Context triple: [Merl Saunders, givenName, Merl]
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A.
Merley
Merley is a residential suburb situated on the outskirts of Poole in Dorset, England.
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B.
Meeko
Meeko is the mischievous raccoon companion of Pocahontas in Disney's animated film "Pocahontas."
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C.
Pumphrey
Pumphrey is a surname most notably associated with Donnel Pumphrey, an American football running back who set the NCAA Division I FBS career rushing record.
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D.
Merriel
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton was a United States Marine Corps corporal and World War II veteran whose experiences inspired a key character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific."
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E.
Corvo
Corvo is the smallest and northernmost island of the Azores archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its volcanic landscape and remote, sparsely populated character.
- 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: Merl Triple: [Merl Saunders, givenName, Merl]
Generated description
Merl is the given name of Merl Saunders, an American keyboardist known for his collaborations with Jerry Garcia and contributions to jazz, rock, and psychedelic music.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merl Target entity description: Merl is the given name of Merl Saunders, an American keyboardist known for his collaborations with Jerry Garcia and contributions to jazz, rock, and psychedelic music.
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A.
Merley
Merley is a residential suburb situated on the outskirts of Poole in Dorset, England.
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B.
Meeko
Meeko is the mischievous raccoon companion of Pocahontas in Disney's animated film "Pocahontas."
-
C.
Pumphrey
Pumphrey is a surname most notably associated with Donnel Pumphrey, an American football running back who set the NCAA Division I FBS career rushing record.
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D.
Merriel
Merriel "Snafu" Shelton was a United States Marine Corps corporal and World War II veteran whose experiences inspired a key character in the HBO miniseries "The Pacific."
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E.
Corvo
Corvo is the smallest and northernmost island of the Azores archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, known for its volcanic landscape and remote, sparsely populated character.
- 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_69e24589d8348190b96422d13a678bc1 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f17f57a1ec8190b8c6a0080d97a2a2 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0bae9a47dc819099627ee010461c39 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 12:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0bafe8692c819094c6e511964f8b2e |
completed | May 19, 2026, 12:33 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0bb0abb2c481909c1897b302e92579 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:39 p.m.