Triple
T2353294
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lincoln-Mercury dealer network |
E47495
|
entity |
| Predicate | handledBrandPeriod |
P38690
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Merkur in the 1980s
Merkur in the 1980s was a short-lived Ford Motor Company marque that sold European-derived performance and luxury cars in the U.S. market.
|
E257633
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Merkur in the 1980s | Statement: [Lincoln-Mercury dealer network, handledBrandPeriod, Merkur in the 1980s]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merkur in the 1980s Context triple: [Lincoln-Mercury dealer network, handledBrandPeriod, Merkur in the 1980s]
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A.
Mercury Eight
The Mercury Eight was a full-size automobile produced by Ford's Mercury division from 1939 to 1951, notable for being Mercury's first model line and for its popularity in postwar American car culture and hot rodding.
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B.
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" is a dramatic, piano-driven closing track by Paul McCartney and Wings, noted for its grand orchestration and climactic reprise of themes from the album "Band on the Run."
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C.
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After is Alexandre Dumas’ historical adventure novel that continues the story of d’Artagnan and the three musketeers two decades later amid the turmoil of the Fronde and the English Civil War.
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D.
Unternehmen Merkur
Unternehmen Merkur was the German airborne and seaborne invasion operation that led to the capture of Crete from Allied forces in May 1941 during World War II.
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E.
End of the Century
End of the Century is a 1980 studio album by the Ramones that marked their collaboration with producer Phil Spector and showcased a more polished, pop-influenced sound.
- 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: Merkur in the 1980s Triple: [Lincoln-Mercury dealer network, handledBrandPeriod, Merkur in the 1980s]
Generated description
Merkur in the 1980s was a short-lived Ford Motor Company marque that sold European-derived performance and luxury cars in the U.S. market.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merkur in the 1980s Target entity description: Merkur in the 1980s was a short-lived Ford Motor Company marque that sold European-derived performance and luxury cars in the U.S. market.
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A.
Mercury Eight
The Mercury Eight was a full-size automobile produced by Ford's Mercury division from 1939 to 1951, notable for being Mercury's first model line and for its popularity in postwar American car culture and hot rodding.
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B.
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" is a dramatic, piano-driven closing track by Paul McCartney and Wings, noted for its grand orchestration and climactic reprise of themes from the album "Band on the Run."
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C.
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After is Alexandre Dumas’ historical adventure novel that continues the story of d’Artagnan and the three musketeers two decades later amid the turmoil of the Fronde and the English Civil War.
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D.
Unternehmen Merkur
Unternehmen Merkur was the German airborne and seaborne invasion operation that led to the capture of Crete from Allied forces in May 1941 during World War II.
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E.
End of the Century
End of the Century is a 1980 studio album by the Ramones that marked their collaboration with producer Phil Spector and showcased a more polished, pop-influenced sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: handledBrandPeriod Context triple: [Lincoln-Mercury dealer network, handledBrandPeriod, Merkur in the 1980s]
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A.
banPeriodEnd
Indicates the point in time when a ban or prohibition on an entity or action is scheduled to end.
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B.
banPeriodStart
Indicates the date or time at which a ban or prohibition begins to take effect.
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C.
hasEventBrand
Indicates that an event is associated with or organized under a particular brand.
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D.
sponsoredNamePeriod
Indicates a time-bounded period during which an entity’s name is officially sponsored or branded by another party.
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E.
coversPeriodStart
Indicates that the time span or coverage of one entity begins at, or includes, the specified starting point in time of another entity or period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69a88a1b678c8190bce986922ba60ce0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abcb802da08190980100444010f91e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:53 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae9633ce3c81908581e7e0f8211ac1 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae971aa3bc8190b0b8b216106dca90 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae9795cf048190bc7a01ef86c12138 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69abc5981ce48190a3f7852d28276e11 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:28 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69abcb7ebb708190ba7edffee3c45d8b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:54 p.m.