Triple
T23440586
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Merton |
E565388
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas James Merton |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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: Thomas James Merton | Statement: [Thomas Merton, birthName, Thomas James Merton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas James Merton Context triple: [Thomas Merton, birthName, Thomas James Merton]
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A.
Thomas Merton
chosen
Thomas Merton was a 20th-century Trappist monk, writer, theologian, and social critic best known for his spiritual autobiography "The Seven Storey Mountain" and his influential works on contemplation, peace, and interfaith dialogue.
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B.
Richard Foster
Richard Foster was an American architect known for his modernist designs and collaborations with prominent figures such as Philip Johnson.
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C.
Frère Laurent
Frère Laurent is the wise and compassionate friar in Charles Gounod’s opera "Roméo et Juliette," whose well-intentioned plans to unite the lovers ultimately contribute to their tragic fate.
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D.
Basil Moreau
Basil Moreau was a 19th-century French Catholic priest and educator best known as the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a religious order dedicated to education and missionary work.
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E.
Jean Vanier
Jean Vanier was a Canadian Catholic philosopher and humanitarian best known as the founder of L'Arche, an international network of communities for people with intellectual disabilities.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e24584f9488190bb32730bd2ce023e |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a5df28288190936f16b017a20bc0 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:50 p.m.